Saturday, May 2, 2026

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The search continues. Below you will find names from antiquity and my suggestions from Turkish regarding their etymology. We keep on with the letters P S T and Z

Source: https://topostext.org/the-people

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Arama-bulma çalışmaları devam ediyor. Aşağıda antik çağlardan adlar ve kökenlerine dair Türkçe önerilerimi bulacaksınız. P S T ve Z harfleriyle devam ediyoruz. 

Kaynak: https://topostext.org/the-people


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Topostext Name 

Info

Türkic word

Info

Other Info

Pacaris

Roman gens

bakar

Watchman, guard, watcher, minister (protector/caretaker)

There was a Bakar Han in the time of Babür Khan 

Palakus

king of Crimean Scythia who succeeded his father, Skilurus.

bala ~ > balak

Child


Pamisus

an ancient river

su

water


Paricani

a tribe in Persia (Herodot 7:68)

barkan

moving sand in a desert

Paricani tribe lived in a region with deserts

Paris

an ancient and famous name

bars

leopard


Parisades

was a Spartocid king of the Bosporan Kingdom from 342 to 310/9 BC.

bars

leopard

ade = ata

Pax

Roman goddess of peace

baz

peace

baz: to subjugate, to make dependent

Peiros

a hero in Iliad

Beyre

a Türkic hero 

Bay Beyre, Beyrek

Paltae/Peltai

a city at the head of the river Meander (should be high)

bel: ridge, mountain pass

tai: mountain


Pericles, Periclymenus, Periclymene

all names mit Peric (Porik) versinons like: Poriclymenus; Periclymenus

börk: a kind of headgear, the Türkic root the perriwig 

+lV: meaning having, with

> börklü, I have already written about Pericles and his name in my blog

Sabazios

A Thracian / Phrygian deity

sab

word


Saii

A Thracian tribe on Samos

say

area covered with stones, stony desert, stony riverbed; shallow place, shallow 


Salsus 

river in North Africa

su

water


Salus

a very old Roman deity of well-being

sağ/sa/saw/sau

1. well, safe (adjective), 2. health, well-being (noun)


Sapaei 

A Thracian tribe  

sap-

to change direction, to leave the usual direction

> Türkisch sapa, meaning a way out of the main lane

Saraparae

an ancient tribe near Oxus

sara

yellow/white

?par

Sardessus

unlocated ancient city of Mysian Cilicia

su

water


Sarpedon

Son of Zeus, Son of  Poseidon, Son of Europa and many toponyms

sarp: hard, steep (for a toponym and for a man hard, powerful)

+atun

There was man called Sarp Atun in Uyghur texts

Sarus/Saros

A barbarian by birth in the time of Alaric

saru

yellow, white


Satarchae

a tribe in Tauric Chersonnese

satarcı < sat-: to sell, to change against money

he who barters

They were unacquainted with the use of gold and silver, and carried on their traffic by means of barter

Satibarzanes

died 330 BC), a Persian, was satrap of Aria under Darius III, king of Persia.

satu-bars

sold leopard

sold/satu was given to kids because of the fear of evil powers. sold meant,he has already an other owner, you may not take him

Saulios

A Scythian king

sawlı 

he who has sth to say


Secunda/Secundus

many names 

ikindi

second

ikindi + mobile-s

Sigynni

probably a Scythian tribe 

sıgun

the male of animals, especially male deer


Sybaris

A watercourse and a monster

su: water

bars: leopard


Taurici

an ancient tribe in Crimea

tau

mountain


Taurus names

many names 

tau

mountain


Telys

king of Sybarites

teli

crazy


Teucer

many persons having this name

toygar

a kind of bird


Tinjis/Tingis

was a Libyan queen as the wife of King Antaeus in Berber and Greek mythology (Africa)

tengis

sea, ocean

whereas the father of Antaeus was Poseidon who was the god of the sea,

Turranius

Roman gens

turan

land of the Türks


Turullius

Roman gens

turul

a big word of prey

See Hungarian Turull

Zigae

A Sarmatiian tribe

çıgay

poor, German mittellos


Zopyrus

many persons with that name

çopur

pock-marked, to appear (of rash and furuncles)


Zygianoi

were an ancient and medieval tribal group that lived on the northeastern Black Sea coast in the northwestern Caucasus

çıgay/çıgan

poor, German mittellos



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names-from-antiquity-and-their-Tuerkic-etymologies-P&S&T&Z

* The search continues. Below you will find names from antiquity and my suggestions from Turkish regarding their etymology. We keep on with ...