Kuruçay
Turkish
Etymology
By surface analysis, kuru (“dry, dried up”) + çay (“rivulet, brook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.ɾuˈt͡ʃaj/
Proper noun
Kuruçay
- a neighbourhood in Ahırlı district, Konya Province, Turkey
- a neighbourhood in Akşehir district, Konya Province, Turkey
- Synonym: Monas (historical)
- a village in Bayat district, Çorum Province, Turkey
- Synonym: Sivas Kuruçay (historical)
- a village in Burdur district, Burdur Province, Turkey
- a village in Çekerek district, Yozgat Province, Turkey
- Synonym: Gümbed Kuruçayı (historical)
- a village in Çorum district, Çorum Province, Turkey
- a neighbourhood in Çubuk district, Ankara Province, Turkey
- a neighbourhood in Derik district, Mardin Province, Turkey
- Synonym: Zembelor (historical)
- a village in İliç district, Erzincan Province, Turkey
- Synonym: Çiftlikviranı (historical)
- a neighbourhood in Oğuzeli district, Gaziantep Province, Turkey
- Synonym: Kfersari (historical)
- a town in Tavşanlı district, Kütahya Province, Turkey
- a neighbourhood in Vezirköprü district, Samsun Province, Turkey
- a village in Zile district, Tokat Province, Turkey
- (now historical) synonym of Albayrak (“a village in Amasya district”)
- (now historical) synonym of Şehirkuruçay (“a village in İskilip district”)
Derived terms
- Gümbed Kuruçayı
- Kuruçaylı
- Sivas Kuruçay
- Şehirkuruçay
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Kuruçay”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)