Etymology

Eskisehir

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Today it means: A city in Turkey. Full definition →

Turkish Eskişehir ← Ottoman Turkish اسكی شهر
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromاسكی شهر“Old Town”
  2. Turkish · borrowed fromEskişehir
  3. English todayEskisehir

From Turkish Eskişehir, from Ottoman Turkish اسكی شهر (Eski Şehir, “Old Town”).

Words from the same roots

TurkishEskişehir all →

Eskişehir

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.