Notice: This is the official website of the All Empires History Community (Reg. 10 Feb 2002)

  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Ottoman empire’s name
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
OSMANLI View Drop Down
Colonel
Colonel
Avatar

Joined: 24-Nov-2004
Location: North Cyprus
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 740 		  Quote OSMANLI Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Ottoman empire’s name
    Posted: 21-May-2005 at 10:00

The name Ottoman was first used by the French, for what reason i dont know. Mehmed is the shrotend version of Muhammad, Fatih Sultan used so the name Mehmed first so that the name Muhammed (name of the holy Prophet pbuh) would not be used wrongly.

A curious point about Arabic names used by Turks, why do Turks often change the pronounciation of these names; eg. Umar-Omer, Jamal-Jemal, Abu Bakr- Ebu Bekr
Back to Top
Guests View Drop Down
Guest
Guest
  Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21-May-2005 at 16:12
Originally posted by OSMANLI

The name Ottoman was first used by the French, for what reason i dont know. Mehmed is the shrotend version of Muhammad, Fatih Sultan used so the name Mehmed first so that the name Muhammed (name of the holy Prophet pbuh) would not be used wrongly.

A curious point about Arabic names used by Turks, why do Turks often change the pronounciation of these names; eg. Umar-Omer, Jamal-Jemal, Abu Bakr- Ebu Bekr

Because these names/words dont fit the Turkish grammatic and linguistics. For example, as you know, we have the "byk nl uyumu" in our language, so we cant say simply "Muhammed", but "Mehmed". And because words dont end with soft sounds like "d", most of the foreign words/names that get into Turkish and are used dont end with this sound, but instead of "b,c,d,g,", "p, (ch), t, k". so "Mehmed" becomes "Mehmet".

We dont have the sound "th" in Turkish, so we call Uthman as "Osman".

Back to Top
OSMANLI View Drop Down
Colonel
Colonel
Avatar

Joined: 24-Nov-2004
Location: North Cyprus
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 740 		  Quote OSMANLI Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-May-2005 at 12:10
True, although these names are not Turkish plus in Ottoman times the name was not changed
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.56a [Free Express Edition]
Copyright ©2001-2009 Web Wiz

This page was generated in 0.063 seconds.