Where does “Kıbrıs” come from?
Kıbrıs (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قبرس, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Kıbrıs (Turkish): Cyprus
Ancestry of “Kıbrıs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قبرس | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Κύπρος | Cyprus |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “Kıbrıs”