نصیبین

See also: نصيبين

Ottoman Turkish

Nusaybin District

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُصَيْبِين (nuṣaybīn), itself from Classical Syriac ܢܨܝܒܝܢ (nəṣīḇīn).

Proper noun

نصیبین • (nusaybin)

Nusaybin (a town and district in Mardin province, Turkey)

Descendants

Turkish: Nusaybin

Further reading

Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Nusaybin”, 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) “Nusaybin”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 584

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