Where does “Hintkiye” come from?

Hintkiye (Turkish) comes from Turkish Türkiye, from Ottoman Turkish تركیه, from Ottoman Turkish تركیا, from Latin Turcia, from Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ.

Hintkiye (Turkish): Turkey, used pejoratively to compare the country to India in terms of infrastructural, economical, and cultural traits

Definitions

  1. Turkey, used pejoratively to compare the country to India in terms of infrastructural, economical, and cultural traits

Ancestry of “Hintkiye”, step by step

Hintkiye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Türkiye

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishTürkiye—
2Ottoman Turkishتركیه—
3Ottoman Turkishتركیا—
4LatinTurcia—
5Byzantine GreekΤουρκίᾱ—

via Turkish Hindistan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishHindistan—
2Ottoman TurkishهندستانHindustan
Every word from Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ →Every word from Latin Turcia →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تركیا →