آفیون قره حصار
Ottoman Turkish
Afyonkarahisar province
Etymology
Morphologically from آفیون (afyon, “opium”) + قره (kara, “black”) + حصار (hisar, “fortress, stronghold”). In the medieval times the city was named قره حصار (kara hisar) after the ancient fortress situated upon a volcanic rock above the settlement and subsequently renamed قره حصار صاحب (kara hisar-ı sahib) after the city was conquered by the Persian vizier Sâhib Ata. The origin of the name آفیون (afyon) is unclear: it could derive from the Ancient Greek name for the settlement, Ἀκροϊνόν (Akroïnón), through deformation.
Proper noun
آفیون قره حصار • (afyon kara hisar)
- Afyonkarahisar (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)
- Synonym: قره حصار صاحب (kara hisar-ı Sahib) (obsolete)
Descendants
- Turkish: Afyonkarahisar
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Afyonkarahisar”, 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) “Afyonkarahisar”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 10
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