%0 Journal Article
%T On the Origin of the Name of £¿neg£¿l
%A Muhammet Tarak£¿£¿
%J -
%D 2019
%X It is accepted that the ex-name of Inegol was Angelokoma, which means "Angel Village", before the conquest of Turks. However, there is no allied explanation about the origin of Inegol's name. While some researchers claim that the name passed from Greek to Turkish, that is, its origin was Angelocoma or Linoe. So, the name Inegol has undergone a false semantic transformation. Other researchers claim that it is of Turkish origin. In addition to the claim of Evliya £¿elebi that Inegol means Ezine Gol (Friday Lake), it is argued that it comes from Ine/Ene Gol (Small Lake), Ene Gol (Valley Lake), Ayna Gol (Mirror Lake) or In Gol (Cave Lake). Despite these different approaches to its origin, almost all of the researches divide the word into two parts, "ine" and "gol" (which means ¡°Lake¡±), and associate their explanations of the origin of the word with the "lake". This article argues for two fundamental claims based on the rejection of two established views. The first opinion to be rejected in the article is to associate the name of Inegol with the lake. Our claim on the origin of the name of Inegol was mentioned previously by some writers on the basis of sound similarity. However, this article discuss this claim academically for the first time. Secondly, the article criticizes the claim that Angelokoma, the ex-name of Inegol, means ¡°Angel Village¡±, and proposes an alternative meaning. Finally, the article focuses on the name of the ruler of Inegol, Aya Nikola. The name of the governor was first mentioned in Asikpasazade's Tewarikh £¿l Uthman and later repeated in some Ottoman chronicles and also in contemporary history books. Aya Nikola means Saint Nicholas. This article asks, ¡°Did a Christian saint named Saint Nicholas ever live in Asia Minor in the thirteenth century or before? Trying to give answers to this and similar questions, this article establishes a relationship between the name of Agios Nikolaos and Inegol, and provides an alternative explanation for the origin of the the name of Inegol
%K £¿neg£¿l
%K Angelocoma
%K Angelokoma
%K Aya Nikola
%K Eyneg£¿l
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/uluifd/issue/47433/475201