Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Four-Thracian-names-and-their-possible-Turkic-etymologies

In his article 


writes Doganci 4 Thracian names that I would check out! Link: 4 Thracian names

These are:

Diliporis, Bukaporis, Auloukentos and Kamoles. 


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Diliporis: In this name we see Dili-poris. (why did I cut the name like that? Answer: The second name has a similar form Buka-poris). Dili-bar (bar means to exist, "there is") 
= por (Chuv.)= Literally: He who has a tongue. 
Could mean "he who can speak well".
(Or Dilli-pars? meaning a leopard with a tongue?)
Or better Tülü-Pars: Hairy leopard?
All possible and compatible with the Turkic languages.

Bukaporis: Buka-bar: means "he has bulls" or like above Buka-pars = Bull-leopard?
Yes, bull-leopard could seem a little bit strange but there are many Bars (Leopard) names in Turkish history like Aybars=Moon leopard or Baybars=rich leopard. 

Auloukentos: Aulou sounds like Ulu: the great one, the old one, the mature one or oğul (read it like owoull) and Kenti/Kentü means himself. We take the first option and reconstruct the name as: Ulu-kentü meaning the great one, a respectable one (he himself is a great one).

Kamelos is easier to reconstruct. Kamlı could mean he who has a shaman.

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He write many other Thracian names down:



The List: 

Perobres, Zielas, Biobres, Lala, Skopes, Moukaporis, Dilliporis, Mokazis, Moukazes, Moukazis, Zielas, Dada, Doidalses...

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Per in Perobras could be bir (=one). (obur means "gorumand". 

Mukaporis could be a variant of Bukaporis. 

Mokazis, Moukazes, Moukazis could be a variant of Buka (see above) or Boğaz (meaning literally the neck, throat but could mean "gourmand".
 
Doydu means in Yakut dialect of Turkic the home, the homeland. Doidalses could have this stem in it. 

Zielas could have çil/e in it. 
Çil means freckle, sun spot. It is not beautiful. It could define an ugly person.  

There is one more name: Bioeris.
Er in it could be the Turkic word er meaning the man. 

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Uzunbacak Adem 


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