آق دكز
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Alternative forms
- آق دڭز
Etymology
آق (ak, “white”) + دكز (deñiz, deniz, “sea”).
Referring to it as the "White" sea is common throughout the region, see Arabic الْبَحْر الْأَبْيَض الْمُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ, “"Middle white sea”), Persian بحر سفید, though these may be calques as direct translations from the Ottoman (possibly by the Ottomans). See the Wikipedia page for more details.
Proper noun
- Mediterranean Sea
- Synonyms: بحر سفید (Bahr-i Sefid), بحر روم (Bahr-i Rûm)
Descendants
- Turkish: Akdeniz
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 161
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