كوزل حصار
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From كوزل (güzel, “nice, beautiful”) + حصار (hisar, “fortress, stronghold”).
Proper noun
- Güzelhisar (a village in Köprüköy district, Erzurum Province, Turkey)
- Synonym: آونیك (avnik) (historical)
- (now historical) synonym of آیدین (aydın, “Aydın, a city and province of Turkey”)
- (now historical) synonym of منمن (menemen, “Menemen, a district of İzmir province”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Güzelhisar
- → Armenian: Կիւզէլ Հիսար (Kiwzēl Hisar)
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Güzelhisar”, 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), “Güzelhisar”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 317