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The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval Latin Turchia, Turquia, from Medieval Greek Τουρκία, itself being Τούρκος (borrowed into Latin as Turcus, 'A Turk, Turkish'). It is first recorded in Middle English (as Turkye, Torke, later Turkie, Turky), attested in Chaucer, c. 1369.
The modern spelling Turkey dates back to at least 1719. [45] The bird called turkey was named as such due to trade of guineafowl from Turkey to England. [35] The name Turkey has been used in international treaties referring to the Ottoman Empire. [46] With the Treaty of Alexandropol, the name Türkiye entered international documents for the ...
from Middle English Turkeys, from Anglo-French turkeise, from feminine of turkeis Turkish, from Turc Turkish. [261] Tuzla from Turkish tuzla, from the name of Lake Tuz in Turkey. A central Anatolian rug. [262] Tzatziki from modern Greek tsatsiki, which is from Turkish cacık. [263]
According to Pliny the Elder Byzantium was first known as Lygos. [1] The origin and meaning of the name are unknown. Zsolt suggested it was etymologically identitical to the Greek name for the Ligures and derived from the Anatolian ethnonym Ligyes, [2] a tribe that was part of Xerxes' army [3] and appeared to have been neighbors to the Paphlagonians. [4]
And in the text beneath it rejects the Russian and Iranian theories and says that, "A rather popular theory of Iranian origin is also excluded: the only acceptable etymology of Pers. bajram is < Turkic". And it separates the word as bay-ra and bay-ga. And I'm quite sure the letter 'j' is the transliteration of 'y'.
The English name comes from a Portuguese transcription (Benin) of a local corruption (Bini) of the Itsekiri form (Ubinu) of the Yoruba Ile-Ibinu ("Home of Vexation"), a name bestowed on the Edo capital by the irate Ife oba Oranyan in the 12th century. [citation needed] An alternate theory derives Bini from the Arabic bani (بني, "sons" or ...
“The historical literature about the Indian Confederation does not mention a chief named Turkey Foot and, finally, folks who are experts in Indian affairs say that Indians did not name their ...
A framed version of the national anthem typically occupies the wall above the blackboard in the classrooms of Turkish schools, accompanied by a Turkish flag, a photograph of the country's founding savior Atatürk, and a copy of Atatürk's famous speech to the nation's youth from the concluding remarks to his 20 October 1927 address to the ...