Etymology

Osmaniye

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Today it means: A province in southern Turkey. Full definition →

Turkish Osmaniye ← Ottoman Turkish عثمانیه (ʿosmaniye) ← Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya)
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The story

  1. Arabicعُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)
  2. Ottoman Turkishعثمان (ʿosman)
  3. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  4. Arabicـَة (-a)
  5. Arabicـِيَّة (-iyya)
  6. Ottoman Turkishـیه (-iye)
  7. Ottoman Turkishعثمانیه (ʿosmaniye)
  8. TurkishOsmaniye
  9. English todayOsmaniye

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Osmaniye.

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