Köy is the word for "village" in
Western Oghuz languages that are geographically western, such as
Turkish
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,
Ottoman Turkish
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and
Crimean Tatar. It is a loanword from
Persian ''gūy'' (or probably more likely ''kūy''), which originally means "path, street". In Ottoman toponymic history a multitude of settlements with köy are attested, such as Boghaz Köy or Ermeni Köy.
Toponyms with the word köy apparently came into use only after the end of the
Seljuk Seljuk or Saljuq (سلجوق) may refer to:
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period (1037–1194). For example, the word is not found in the ''
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk'' of
Mahmud al-Kashgari
Mahmud ibn Husayn ibn Muhammed al-Kashgari, ''Maḥmūd ibnu 'l-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Kāšġarī'', , tr, Kaşgarlı Mahmûd, ug, مەھمۇد قەشقىرى, ''Mehmud Qeshqiri'' / Мәһмуд Қәшқири uz, Mahmud Qashg'ariy / М ...
(died 1102).
The meaning of köy within the concept of an open village contrasts with that of the word ''kasaba'', which refers to a small town. In Western Oghuz languages located to the east, such as the dialect used by
Iraqi Turkmens, the word "kend" (a
Sogdian loanword) is used at all times when denoting a village rather than köy; however, the
Islamologist
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and
Ottomanist Johannes Hendrik Kramers
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adds that "sometimes this last word seems to have been replaced by köy". For instance, the settlement of Ḳāḍī Kend near
Mosul changes into Ḳāḍī Köy.
References
Turkic words and phrases
Ottoman Turkish language
Crimean Tatar language
Toponymy
Turkish language
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