Talk:Urfa

The Greek name "Orrha"

<The oldest name for the city is the Syriac Orhay, which is derived from either the Semitic root -r-w-ʿ, meaning "to bring water", or the Greek name "Orrha", meaning "beautiful flowing water".> I clicked on the reference link and I don't see any reference to the meaning "beautiful flowing water". There is no word in the Greek language that I know of that sounds like "Orrha" and means "beautiful flowing water". There is, one could say, "Orrhea" - "ωραία", which translates to "nice / pretty" in the female gender, "Orrha" - "ώρα", which translates to "time". According to Brittanica "The name of the kingdom appears to have been ultimately derived from a certain Osroes of Orhai, who founded the state about 136 bc." https://www.britannica.com/place/Osroene

In the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography there is this excerpt: "A town of Osroene. This name of Syriac origin is found in the Arabic, and means a place in a valley where waters meet. (Milman, note on Gibbon's Decl. and Fall, vol. iv. p. 144; St. Martin, note on Le Beau, vol. iii. p. 56.)" http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aentry%3Dbatnae-geo

So I am guessing there has been a misunderstanding at some level. NikG1981 (talk) 14:37, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Done, it was a WP:HOAX. Theofunny (talk) 23:33, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

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