Where does “Şanlıurfa” come from?

Şanlıurfa (English) comes from Turkish Şanlıurfa, from Turkish Urfa, from Ottoman Turkish اورفه, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩.

Şanlıurfa (English): around Urfa

Definitions

  1. around Urfa

Ancestry of “Şanlıurfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishŞanlıurfa—
2TurkishUrfa—
3Ottoman Turkishاورفه—
4Classical Syriacܐܘܪܗܝ—
5Middle Persian𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩—
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 →Every word from Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اورفه →