OK SEREK / OK SARAK

Folio 85v and 86r (The Map Foldout) http://www.turkicresearch.com/CodedWords Folio 85v and 86r (The Map Foldout) Text in Latin: “OIKSEREK . This is a compound word that combines the words “OIK” and “SEREK ”. The first word that appears in this compound structure is “OIK”. AndThis word in modern Turkish would be read as “OK ”. The word is defined as “arrow”, “archery”, (Akalın, Clauson, Eyüboğlu, Gülensoy, Sözce). https://sozce.com/nedir/240013-ok Since the second word of the compound structure can be read as both “SEREK” and “SARAK”, here are the definitions for both: The word “SEREK” is defined as “square”, “field”, and “yard” (Akalın, Clauson, Gülensoy, Sözce). https://sozce.com/nedir/277138-serek image.png The word “SARAK” is defined as (an architectural term) “faces of the building/constructed structures”, “a fancy horizontally wide plain string”. See this: https://sozce.com/nedir/272256-sarak In other words, this is describing a wide, slightly protruding, fancy, or straight belt that runs horizontally against the wall (from one end to the other) of an architectural structure (Akalın, Clauson, Gülensoy, Sözce). Today there is a historical "archery square" in Istanbul city (formerly known as Constantinople) called “OKMEYDAN-I ” (in modern Turkish). It is also important to keep in mind that “MEYDAN / MEYDANI” and “SEREK” are both synonyms, as they both mean “square” (Akalın, Clauson, Gülensoy, Sözce). https://sozce.com/nedir/226600-meydan Since there was no Turkish occupation of Constantinople prior to the year 1453’s, The Byzantine Empire probably had a different name for the square they have constructed. However, there were many Turks living in that region prior to the invasion, and these Turks referred to this square as “OKSEREK (“OIKSEREK”)”. Furthermore, it is important to note that the Ottoman Turks, as well as many other Turkish tribes and nations before them, used the term “SEREK” as “square”. In summation, “SARAK” is an architectural term used to describe a specific structure. However, the elliptical shape that is illustrated on the VM map page suggests that the word was “SEREK” (square). Thus, the term “OKSEREK” is directly defined and translated as “archery square”. Appendix 1. Suffix and Their Roles a. “-Ü/-U” and “-İ/-I”: these are an Object Pointer Suffixes (Turkish Direct Object Suffix (accusative) such as “the” in English). (Clauson, Guise) So, OK+SEREK and OK+MEYDANI are synonyms words which means “the archery square”. See about "Okmeydanı": https://sozce.com/nedir/240181-okmeydani https://istanbultarihi.ist/505-the-archers-lodge https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okmeydan%C4%B1 https://www.sisligazetesi.com.tr/okmeydani-25754h.htm