a male given name, Mahdiqoli, from Old Anatolian Turkish
köken: Borrowed from Old Anatolian Turkish, being a compound of مهدی (“the Mahdi”) + Old Anatolian Turkish قلی (the possessed form of قل (“slave”)), literally “slave of the Mahdi”; compare Azerbaijani Mehdiqulu, Chagatai مهدیقلی (mhdy-qly), Turkish Mehdikulu.