جانیك

Ottoman Turkish

Canik district

Alternative forms

• جانك (Canik)

Etymology

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Proper noun

جانیك • (Canik or Canık)

1. Canik (a town and district in Samsun province, Turkey)

Derived terms

• جانیك الماسی (Canik elması, “kind of small and fragrant apple”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Canik

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Canik”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جانیك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 639
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Ağlasun”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 12