Where does “Yenimahalle” come from?

Yenimahalle (Turkish) comes from Turkish yeni, from Ottoman Turkish یڭی, from Proto-Turkic yaŋï — new.

Ancestry of “Yenimahalle”, step by step

Yenimahalle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish yeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyeninew; recent
2Ottoman Turkishیڭیnew; modern, new
3Proto-Turkicyaŋïnew

via Turkish mahalle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishmahalleneighbourhood; quarter
2Ottoman Turkishمحله—
3Arabicمَحَلَّة—
Every word from Proto-Turkic yaŋï →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یڭی →Every word from Turkish yeni →