صفرانبولی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- زاغفرانبولی (zağferanbolu)
Etymology
From Greek Σαφράμπολις (Safrámpolis). During the XVI century the town was known as طراقلی بورلی (taraklı borlu).
Proper noun
صفرانبولی • (safranbolu)
- Safranbolu (a town and district of Karabük Province, Turkey)
- Synonym: طراقلی بورلی (taraklı borlu) (historical)
Descendants
- Turkish: Safranbolu
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Safranbolu”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صفرانبولی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1179
- Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Safranbolu”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 649