- of the city are
likely derived from
Urhay or
Orhay (classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ, romanized: ʾŪrhāy /
ʾŌrhāy), the site's
Syriac name
before the re-foundation...
-
Turkish name for the city, Urfa, is
derived from the
earlier Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ (
Orhāy) and Gr**** Ορρα (Orrha), the city
being a
major centre of ****yrian-Syriac...
- BC. Osroene's name
either derives from the name of this tribe, or from
Orhay (Urhay), the
original Aramaic name of Edessa. Arab
influence had been strong...
- Vudena,
Vodena Edessa Mesopotamia,
southern Turkey Şanlıurfa Orrha, Orrhoa,
Orhāy, Ourhoï, Urha, Ourha, Er Roha, Ar-Ruha, Orfa, Urfa, Ourfa,
Sanli Urfa Elateia...
-
villagers to the city
every year. The
oldest name for the city is the
Syriac Orhay,
which is
derived from
either the
Semitic root -r-w-ʿ,
meaning "to bring...
-
indigenous Aramaic name for the site
prior to the
Seleucid period was
Orhai or
Orhay,
which survives as the
basis of the city's
modern Turkish name. Perhaps...
