دیمتوقه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Ultimately from Greek Διδυμότειχο (Didymóteicho), a compound of δίδυμος (dídymos, “twin”) and τείχος (teíchos, “city wall, fortification”).
Proper noun
دیمتوقه • (dimetoka)
- Didymoteicho (a town in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece)
- (now historical) synonym of كموش چای (gümüş çay, “a village in Çanakkale province”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Dimetoka
- → Armenian: Տիմօթէքա (Timōtʻēkʻa), Տիմէթօքա (Timētʻōkʻa)
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Gümüşçay”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Dimetoka”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 219