دݣزلی

Ottoman Turkish

Denizli province

Alternative forms

دكزلی (Deñizli)

Etymology

Morphologically from دݣز (deñiz, “sea”) +‎ ـلی (-li), but this is probably a mispronunciation of the older form طوڭوزلی (Doñuzlu), from طوڭوز (doñuz, “pig, swine”) +‎ ـلی (-lu).

Proper noun

دݣزلی • (Deñizli)

Denizli (a city and province in the Aegean region, Turkey)

Descendants

Turkish: Denizli
→ Armenian: Տէնիզլի (Tēnizli)

Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Denizli”, 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) Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 209

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