غالیه
See also: غالية
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic غَالِيَة (ḡāliya).
Adjective
غالیه • (galiye)
- Arabic feminine of غالی (gali)
Noun
غالیه • (galiye)
- the perfumed compound galia moschata
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “غالیه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
Etymology 2
Proper noun
غالیه • (Galya)
- (chiefly historical) Gaul (a historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine)
- 1302 AH, تاریخ عمومی [Tarih-i Umumi][2], volume 2, page 5:
- […] غالیهدن — یعنی شمدیکی فرانسهدن — […]
- […] Galya'dan — yani şimdiki Fransa'dan — […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- غالیهلی (Galyalı)
Descendants
- Turkish: Galya