Where does “Adıyamanlı” come from?

Adıyamanlı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Adıyaman, from Turkish yaman, from Ottoman Turkish یامان, from Azerbaijani yaman, from Proto-Turkic yAman — bad, wicked.

Adıyamanlı (Turkish): A person from Adıyaman

Definitions

  1. A person from Adıyaman

Ancestry of “Adıyamanlı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishAdıyaman—
2Turkishyamanterrible, bad
3Ottoman Turkishیامانbad, evil, wicked, malicious, malevolent, intending to do harm, characterized by spite and malice
4Azerbaijaniyamanbad; evil; difficult, hard, harsh
5Proto-TurkicyAmanbad, wicked
Every word from Proto-Turkic yAman →Every word from Azerbaijani yaman →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یامان →