كورفز

See also: کؤرفز‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek κόρφος (kórfos, “chest, breast”), ultimately from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “chest, breast; gulf”).

Noun

كورفز • (körfez)

(geography) gulf, bay, inlet, a portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land
Synonym: قوی‎ (koy)

Derived terms

ازمیر كورفزی‎ (İzmir körfezi, “Gulf of İzmir”)
وندیك كورفزی‎ (Venedik körfezi, “Adriatic Sea”)

Körfez District

Descendants

Turkish: körfez
→ Armenian: քեօրֆիզ (kʿeōrfiz), քէօրֆէզ (kʿēōrfēz)

Proper noun

كورفز • (Körfez)

Körfez (a town and district in Kocaeli province, Turkey)

Descendants

Turkish: Körfez

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “körfez”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2792
Eren, Hasan (1999), “körfez”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 259b
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كورفز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1049
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Sinus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1562
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كورفوز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4063
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “körfez”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Körfez”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كورفز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1588
Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Körfez”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 488

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Corfù.

Proper noun

كورفز • (Körfüz)

Corfu (an island in the Ionian Islands region, Greece).

Descendants

Turkish: Körfüz

Further reading

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Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Corcyra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 288
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كورفز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1588

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