روسجق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Bulgarian Ру́се (Rúse) +‎ ـجق (-cık, -cuk, “diminutive suffix”).

Proper noun

روسجق • (ruscuk)

  1. Ruse (a city, municipality, and province of Bulgaria)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Rusçuk
  • → Bulgarian: Русчу́к (Rusčúk)

Further reading

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Ruscuk”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 646
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