IN GREEK
λιμάνι
limani
port; harbour
IN TURKISH
liman
liman
port; harbour
WEAR THE WORD
λιμάνι in blue ink and liman in red, on a T shirt, a tote or a mug.
THE RECORD
- LENT BY, BORROWED BY
- Round trip
- STARTED IN
- Ancient Greek
- CATEGORY
- Places
- NOTES
- Turkish liman comes from Greek; modern Greek λιμάνι is a reborrowing from Ottoman Turkish liman (Wiktionary, citing Triantafyllidis and Babiniotis).
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SOURCES
- Rona & Dedes (2007), Languages in Contact: Greek Loanwords in Turkish, Journal of Turkish Studies 31/II, p. 185 makale.isam.org.tr
- Nişanyan Sözlük (checked online)
Etymologies are checked against the dictionaries and studies listed. An entry is stamped settled only when both the Greek and the Turkish side have been checked. Research for this ledger was compiled with AI assistance and reviewed by the editors.
HOW TO CITE THIS ENTRY
Gold, K. (ed.) (2026) ‘λιμάνι / liman’, entry 306, Defter ή Tefteri: a ledger of shared Greek and Turkish words. https://defteritefteri.com/en/w/306-limani/. Accessed [day month year].