Saturday, June 17, 2023

Greek-Temenos-Turkic-Temen

In Iliad we see in 

Chapter 4. The Troad and Lycia

a word: τέμενος

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Wiktionary says: 

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *témenos, from Proto-Indo-European *témh₁nos, from *temh₁- (to cut); whence τέμνω (témnōI cut). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀳𐀕𐀜 (te-me-no).


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Temen is a Turkic word, too. It means a big needle. It has to do with net-fishing and temen is the big "needle" to fasten or to stabilize the net. 




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We could say: It is a kind of pillar. 


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Cann we call Temenus "a piece or ground "cut" or "marked off" with big "needles" (pillars)?


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Every fence needs pillars, uprights and I think it is not weird to think about a very big needle to mark the edges off. 


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Possible?

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Uzunbacak Adem

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