Where does “ازمیر” come from?

ازمیر (Persian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر, from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνη.

Ancestry of “ازمیر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishازمیر—
2Byzantine GreekΣμύρνη—
Every word from Byzantine Greek Σμύρνη →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ازمیر →