These names were extracted from the 1580-1583 court records for the city of Bursa, Turkey. They include the names of free Muslim women, free ethnic Greek women, and suspected or confirmed enslaved Muslim women. Muslim Women These names belonged to Muslim women who appear to have been free-born. Most were…
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Afedra“Lady.” Greek female form of the Turkish effendi, “lord”אפ’ידרה Afedra, 1619 Apodopoulaאפודופלא Apodopoula, 1621 ArkhondopoulaGreek, “nobleman’s daughter”ארכונדופולה Arkhondopoula, 1609 AryanaThe origin and meaning of this name is unknown, but another late 16th-century Aryana’s letter to her sister is preserved in the Cairo Geniza.אריינה Aryana, 1584 AsteroulaPossibly Greek aster “star” +…