Database ID G5643
Database UUID: ded624b1-b5c7-4ff3-8d43-012b8f352e6d
Name: Ornithi
Transcribed name: Ornuta
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Mesaoria
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Ornithi
Oρνίθι, το
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Ornithi Orunta
Ottoman legal status of population: muslim (ehl-i islam)
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 26,874.00
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
10,075.0 100.0 3,870.0 12,829.0
37.5% 0.4% 14.4% 47.7%
General statistics
District of Mesaoria:
19.00
2,171.00
0.9%
District of Mesaoria:
0.00
35.00
0.0%
District of Mesaoria:
22.00
2,398.00
0.9%
District of Mesaoria:
22.00
2,402.00
0.9%
District of Mesaoria:
48.00
4,064.00
1.2%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Mesaoria:
1,324.00
114,431.13
1.2%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
10,075.00
1,375,343.50
0.7%
District of Mesaoria:
3.00
442.00
0.7%
District of Mesaoria:
23.00
2,382.00
1.0%
District of Mesaoria:
11.00
5,906.00
0.2%
District of Mesaoria:
37.00
3,048.00
1.2%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
100.00
66,731.00
0.1%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
3,870.00
547,867.00
0.7%
District of Mesaoria:
49.00
2,678.00
1.8%
Animals (number)
District of Mesaoria:
797.00
48,509.00
1.6%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
12,829.00
807,336.00
1.6%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
26,874.00
2,797,277.50
1.0%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Hacı Ahmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 3,730.00
Sailor Hüseyin
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 660.00
Quilt maker Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 620.00
İbrahim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 170.00
Kara Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 2,340.00
Hasan son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 2,020.00
Süleyman
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 2,390.00
Wife of Süleyman
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 250.00
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 2,980.00
Ahmed son of shepherd Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Ornithi 660.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 48 1,324.00 10,075.00
002   land with vegetation 15 122.00 4,965.00
003   non tree crop 2 37.00 950.00
004   cotton 2 37.00 950.00
005   Undefined cotton 2 37.00 950.00
006   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 2 37.00 950.00
007   fields, gardens and similar 13 85.00 4,015.00
008   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 11 80.00 3,900.00
009   Gardens, irrigation not specified 2 8.00 400.00
010   garden (bağçe) 2 8.00 400.00
011   Gardens, irrigated 9 72.00 3,500.00
012   garden ground with well (kuyulu bağçe tarlası) 1 6.00 250.00
013   garden with well (kuyulu bağçe) 2 10.00 450.00
014   irrigated garden (sulu bağçe) 1 5.00 250.00
015   garden with waterwheel (dolaplı bağçe) 5 51.00 2,550.00
016   Fields 2 5.00 115.00
017   Fields, irrigation not specified 2 5.00 115.00
018   garden field (bağçe tarlasi) 1 2.00 100.00
019   field (tarla) 1 3.00 15.00
020   other land use 14 14.00 140.00
021   threshing floor (harman) 14 14.00 140.00
022   threshing floor (harman yeri) 3 3.00 30.00
023   Uncultivated lands 19 1,188.00 4,970.00
024   Fallow lands 18 1,185.00 4,880.00
025   barren field (kiraç tarla) 18 1,185.00 4,880.00
026   Destroyed lands 1 3.00 90.00
027   deserted garden (viran bağçe) 1 3.00 90.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 3 11 100.00
002   olive tree (all types) 3 11 100.00
003   plateau olive (ova zeytuni) 1 5 50.00
004   mountain olive (zeytun-ı dağ) 1 2 10.00
005   plateau olive tree (ova zeytini 2) 1 4 40.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 23 37 3,870.00
002   house (hane) 20 20 3,740.00
003   agricultural buildings 1 1 50.00
004   pen (mandıra) 1 1 50.00
005   building for animals 2 16 80.00
006   beehive (ari kovani) 2 16 80.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 49 797 12,829.00
002   Sheep and goats 19 763 6,144.00
003   sheep (agnam) 19 763 6,144.00
004   Bovidae 22 24 3,785.00
005   cow (inek) 11 11 535.00
006   calf (dana) 8 8 235.00
007   suckling calf (buzaği) 8 8 235.00
008   pair of cows (çift inek) 1 1 150.00
009   Oxen 11 13 3,250.00
010   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 11 13 3,250.00
011   Equidae 8 10 2,900.00
012   horse (bargi̇r) 1 1 150.00
013   mare (kisrak) 1 1 150.00
014   mule (katir) 7 9 2,750.00
Geography Department of Harokopio University and Sylvia Ioannou Foundation (2021).. Economy, environment and landscape in the Cypriot longue durée: The 1832/33 Ottoman Property Survey of Cyprus. Geographic Location: Ornithi. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5643/ on 14/01/2026.
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