آطه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ātag (“island”); cognate with Azerbaijani ada, Crimean Tatar ada, Turkmen ada, Kazakh атау (atau), Kumyk атав (ataw).

Noun

آطه • (ada) (plural آطه‌لر‎)

  1. island, an area of land totally surrounded by water
    Synonym: جزیره‎ (cezire)
  2. peninsula, a piece of land projecting into water

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: ada
    • → Northern Kurdish: ada
    • → Zazaki: ada
  • Gagauz: ada
  • → Albanian: adë
  • → Armenian: ատա (ata)
  • → Ladino: adá
  • → Laz: ადა (ada)
  • → Macedonian: ада (ada)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ada
  • → Ubykh: ада (ada)

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