Strabo-words-with-a-possible-Turkic-etymology-part-I

 

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A list of words that could have a Türkic etymology in Strabo's Geography:

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Strabon'un Coğrafya'sında Türk kökenli olabilecek sözcüklerin listesi:

by Uzunbacak Adem!

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See the the second and the third parts here:

Strabo-words-with-a-possible-Turkic-etymology-part-II

https://uzunbacakadem.blogspot.com/2024/11/strabo-words-with-possible-turkic_76.html

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Original word	meaning	Türkic word	meaning	other info
Σαλγανεύς/Salganeus	A town called after the Boeotian who was the pilot of Xerxes I	Salgan/Salgın	sal-: to put, the build or to tax	Salgan: tax-collector?; salman could mean: be built
Ἴλιον/Ilion	The old name of the Troy	il	land, city
Solymians	peoples whose name is derived from Mount Solymus	sol	east (left)
Tauros	Mountain range	tau	mountain
Pelion	s a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece	bel	mountain pass, ridge
Gorgon	terrifying creatures	gorg/gork	to fear
Ortygia	is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily.	Otruk	island
Kyme	a city in Anatolia	kum	sand
Dikaiarcheia	Rione Terra: the first settlement of Puteoli, originally Dikaiarkhia in Greek.	dik: vertical	kaya: rock, mountain, slope
Acherusia	In Greek mythology, Acherusia (Ancient Greek: Ἀχερουσία λίμνη, romanized: Akherousía límnē or Ἀχερουσίς, Akherousís) was a name given by the ancients to several lakes or swamps, which, like the various rivers called Acheron, were at some time believed to be connected with the underworld, until at last the Acherusia came to be considered to be in the lower world itself.	akarsu	ak-: to flow, -ar: suffix, su: water
Baios	Helmsman of Odysseus	Bay	rich, numerous,	the city Baiae derived from him
Horse-herding Thracians		Horse Culture of the Türks		If IE historians accepts that the Türks were the leading nation in puncto Horse-herdind then they have to accepts that the Thracians were of Türkic origin.
Boreas and Zephyros	the Thracian winds	bora: cold wind	çewir/çevür-: to twist, to turn > a wind of the sommer that turns?	tornadoes occur primarily spring and summer, but can occur at any time of year with the right atmospheric conditions (Zephyros is stormy)
Tasos	an island	taš	stone
Imbros	an island	yambir	rain
Sam-othrake	an island	otrak/otruk	island	I have already written about this island in my blog
Acheloos	Thracian river	akığlığ	that that flows	I have already written about this island in my blog
Kytaia (page 74)	The example of the so-called ash hills in the cities of Myrmekion, Nymphaion and Kytaia on the Crimean peninsula is used to analyse time as a creative agent of urban communities. The ash hills were successively piled up mounds several metres high, made of layers of ash and clay, and containing thousands of animal bones and artefacts. The mounds were located in central areas of the settlements and lasted for long periods, usually centuries. Not only did they form a conspicuous part of the urban fabric, but their amorphous form also created an unusual environmental atmosphere.	kut-tağı	holy-hill	it was holy (but) because there were human-made hills full of animal bones and artifacts?
Issic Gulf	Iskenderun Gulf today	isig	hot, warm	See Issyk Köl, with a same meaning?
Salmydessos	was a coast-town of ancient Thrace, on the Euxine, a city of Thracian kings	sal-: many words with this root for denoting downward motion or hanging.	su: water
Colchis/Colchian	Georgia today	köl	lake	There are many wetlands (many lakes)
Themiskyra	the plain of the Amazons	temir? > iron, TAMIŞ: drop; TAMIŞ: s/he who says sth (and the people listens to him respectfully)	kir: 1 isolated mountain 2 mountain top, mountain ridge 3 steppe, desert, level ground 4 edge	Themiskyra has no etymology
Aidepsos	a city that contained warm baths sacred to Heracles,	ay: moon, düp: bottom, root	su: water
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Amisos	Samsun: lay between the river deltas of Halys and Iris	am: easy, quiet	su: water
pechéis	a measurement	bek/pek	firm, solid, stable	Proto Altaic *pĕ̀k`i
Oxos	well-known river	aksu	white water	ögüz: die Quelle
Carmania/Karmania	The Greeks knew that city as Caramani	Karaman	very dark	Kırman: very odd place (Kır: mountainous, rtc… see above), acc. to German wiki: Kerman hat eine lange Geschichte und war den Griechen unter dem Namen Karamani bekannt
Thapsakos	was an ancient town along the western bank of the Euphratesriver that would now lie in modern Syria.	tapsak	that that doesn’t taste good	other etymologies could exist. Tap- is a very old root (Altaic / Türkic) and +sak is a very old Türkic suffix.
Καρχηδών Karchēdṓn	Karthago	karşı	opposite	Proto-Türkic *kar-: 1 opposite 2 be opposite, meet 3 bandit; Proto-Altaic: *kàra ( ~ k`-): opposite, enemy
Bastarnians	a people	bastır-	to attack, to suppress	Like BASMIL or BASARAB (these are Türkic peoples)
Iapydia	A people called Iapydes came to Italy in 9th C. BC.	origin unknown		I have written about them in my blog and proposed that they are of Türkic origin: https://uzunbacakadem.blogspot.com/2023/02/iapydes-unknown-people-turkic-yabi-yabit.html or
Syrtes	A Libyan toponimi	sırt	hill, a higher ground
Ambrakian Gulf	a gulf in Greece today	Amrak	still, quiet
Kyriktike	Island Krk	Kurik: dry	koru-: to protect
Black Korkyra	"Next after them they came to Corcyra, where Poseidon settled the daughter of Asopus, fair-haired Corcyra, far from the land of Phlious, whence he had carried her off through love; and sailors beholding it from the sea, all black with its sombre woods, call it Corcyra the Black."[11]	korku	fear	<kork-: to be afraid of
Kalaureia	an island close to the coast of Troezen in the Peloponnesus of mainland Greece, part of the modern island-pair Poros.	Kalaur	guide
Ikaria	is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos.	yokaru	1 up, above 2 hill, elevation	a very rocky mountainous island. wiki says: The topography is a contrast between verdant slopes and barren steep rocks. The island is mountainous for the most part
Carambis	a river in Asia Minor	Kara	black
Tarsos	Today Tarsus Türkish city	tar: raft made of skins (Wooden raft)	su: water
Hamaxoikians	Wagon dwellers	Proto-Turkic: *K(i)aŋ Meaning: 1 vehicle, cart 2 skis, sleigh		Türks were wagon-dwellers. Further info: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2256312Osman Karatay’s article WHEELS AND CARTS OF THE ANCIENT TURKS IN A LINGUISTIC VIEW;………….WIKI SAYS: The Kang-chü, Kao-che, Gaoche or Kao-chü Ting-ling (chin. 高車, „high chariot/cart“) were an ancient Turkic people in East Asia in the 3rd century AD. Only known under the Chinese name Kao-che, they are usually equated with the ancient Dingling (丁零) and Kang and medieval Kipchaks.[1][2]
Alps	Mountain range	alp	difficult, severe (danger), hard, harsh
Zygii/Zygians	a nation to the north of Colchis	çik	fense, border
The Heniochi (Greek: Ἡνίοχοι)	an ancient tribe inhabiting northwest shores of Colchis(present-day Abkhazia,[note 1] northwestern Georgia) and some say Phasis area. Their country was called Heniocheia (Ancient Greek: Ἡνιοχεία).[1]			Türks were wagon-dwellers. Further info: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2256312 Osman Karatay’s article WHEELS AND CARTS OF THE ANCIENT TURKS IN A LINGUISTIC VIEW;………….WIKI SAYS: The Kang-chü, Kao-che, Gaoche or Kao-chü Ting-ling (chin. 高車, „high chariot/cart“) were an ancient Turkic people in East Asia in the 3rd century AD. Only known under the Chinese name Kao-che, they are usually equated with the ancient Dingling (丁零) and Kang and medieval Kipchaks.[1][2]
Tibaranikian	a people  (page 145)	temir?	Iron	>temren: temürgen (arrow and spearhead) actually the word Tiberanikien could be Temürgen
Tingiz	today Tanger	dengiz/dengir	sea
Onoba	an ancient city in Iberia (Huelva)	On-oba	ten-dwelling-places	There is an other Onoba (with the Turkish meaning) in Azerbaycan
<Os>sonoba	an ancient city in Iberia (Faro)	son-oba	the last dwelling place (the end of the dwelling places?)	Faro: the southernmost city and capital of the district of the same name, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal.[2]
Maenuba (Greek Mainoba)	an ancient city in Iberia (Cerro del Mar)	oba	dwelling place	for Maen- I dont have a proposal (bing? = 1000), bay? > bayin?
Toygenians	a people (Germanic?)	toy: young; toy: to be satiated	Toygun/Toygın: a bird of prey; Tuygun/Toygun a  Central Asian people > Tuyuhun (As a people on Orhun Stones)	toygun: a member of a Kurultay, Toygun could mean congressman.
Tigyrenians	a people (presumably Alpine people)	tegir-	to turn,	> tegerek: wheel, tire; circle
many cities with -polis	polis means city	bolıq	city
Sallyans	as far as the Drouentia River, the inhabitants for 500 stadia are the Sallyans	sal	rafter	sallı: s/he who with a sal
Trocmi/Trocmians	A celtic tribe	Türk/Türkmen
> Adobogonia	a princess of Trocmian dynasty	Adı bögü	her name is holy/magical
>Brogitaros	Adobogonia’s brother, a Galatian king	Bagatır	the villain, hero
Tektosagians	A celtic tribe	tek: only one	tašak: intestines; Cuman word tosak: inferno like Kyrgyz took: inferno; döšek: mattress
Tolistobogians	A celtic tribe	Töles/Tölis: A Central Asian Türkic federation	bögü: holy/magical
Cadurcians/Cadurci	A Gallic tribe	Kadır	hard, difficult	Kadırkan is a a forest in the Urheimat der Göktürks, Kadır is a name kof many heros in Türk history.
Burdigala	Bordeaux	kala/gala	a place to stay	kal-: to stay behind, remain
Parisians	a Celtic people	Bars	leopard
Iapodians (page 214)	A people (mixture Illirian/Celtic)	YABI	horse	I have already written about that issue on my blog
Taÿgetus	is a mountain range on the Peloponnesepeninsula in Southern Greece.	tay	mountain	Like Altay
Iapygian/Iapygia	a people on Italian Peninsula	yapig/yabaku	wool	I have already written about that issue on my blog
Ligyens	a people	elig/elik	ibex
Altinum	a city	altın	gold	al: reddish
Tyrrhenia	a region North Italy	Turan	a land where the Turks lived in Asia acc. to Iranians
Tarkon	a leader after whom the city of Tarquinia [was named]	tarkan	A Türkic title	> Priscus: (bir? the one, the first?) page 225
Porsinas	the king of the Clusians, a Tyrrhenian city	pars/bars	leopard	I have already written about that name on my blog
Ariccia	an ancient pre-roman town	arık	ditch, trench
Tamassos (page 256)	A Cypriot city with its copper mines near a small river	Tam-: to drop	su: water	tamar: vein (for metals?)
Sybaris River	A River on Italian Peninsula south	su: water	baris: bars: leopard
Page 263: Moreover, the daring of the Trojan women is known in many places and appears unbelievable although possible.				Trojan (women) should have been very different to other peoples because (in this case) the others found the daring of Trojan women unbelievable…
Pachynos	is a celebrated promontory of Sicily, forming the extreme southeastern point of the whole island, and one of the three promontories which were supposed to have given to it the name of "Trinacria".	bak-: to look, to watch	to watch around, to pay attention ( y very important point that was used to observe the enemy from the east side? (Greeks?)	Certainly Pre-Greek. (wiki)
Aigestes	Son of Trojans	ay: moon	geç-? (to pass) > AYGEÇTI	In the Aeneid, Acestes participates in a trial of skill in which he shoots his arrow which then bursts into flame as a sign from Jupiter of Acestes's deserved honor.
Aphrodite Erykina	epithet of Aphrodite	erykin ~ erkin	free, strong bei self
Aiolos	ruler of the winds	ay: moon	oglu: son
Herkynian Forest (later Ὀρκύνιος Orkunios)	Mittelgebirge	Orkun River	or-: to cut is maybe related to orman (Türk forest)	Ptolemy uses the name Orkunios, (we don’t know why) maybe he had heard of Orkhun Valley thru Türks
Iazygians	a nomadic people	yazig	steppe, plain	most probably a Türk nation
Abii	a Scythian tribe	Abı	A Old Türkic male name	Abı-: to hide, to cover up, Strabo adds: Abii who are nowhere on earth…
Kapnobatai	one of the names given to the Mysians of Thrace, meaning smoke-treaders	kap-/kapa-: to cover	a kapalı weather means like German „bedecektes Wetter“. That could be the link to this people. Where they lived the weather was always „covered“ with the fog.	bat-: to sink > batığ: swamp
Zalmoxis	a prophet of the Scythian, a learned man	sal-/çal-	to tell	the teller
Syrmos	A Thracian chieftain	sırı-	to sew tightly, quilt, smock
Gulf of Tamyrakos (or Karkinitos)	bay in Crimea	tamır	water canal, artery	tamır should be the another name of Karkinitos (I have shown the Türkic origin of Karkınıt on my blog). There is an other river in Phoenicia called Tamiras. Tamiras wa a Thracian bard in Greek Mythology
Taurians	A Scythian people	tau: mountain; er: man	Tau-eri: mountain men (Mountain people)
Kolos (page 306)	a kind of quadruped	kula	horse color, light brown on top and darker towards the bottom
Black Korkyra	a Dalmatian island	korku/gorku	fear	Like in Gorgon
Krobyzoi (Krobyzians)	A people (ethnos) south of the Ister river [Danube]. in Kallatis area	kır: 1 isolated mountain 2 mountain top, mountain ridge 3 steppe, desert, level ground 4 edge	obuz: water source; flat place, rough/uneven ground	Kallatis has „mineral waters of the springs in the northern part of the city, in the area of the beach between Saturn and Venus“ (wiki)
Kallatis	A city in Romania (Tomisovara)	kala	a castle
Odessos	a Milesian settlement	su	water
Bria	means "city" in Thracian	obı-yer	obrı/oprı: pit, stream	<opra-: become old, deteriorate
Tirizis	a fortified place that Lysimachos once used as a treasury	direš-	to resist	diri/tiri: lively
Salmydessos/Salmydessus	was a coast-town of ancient Thrace, on the Euxine, about 97 kilometres (60 mi) northwest of the entrance of the Bosporus.	sal-: to send	su: water	salma: taxes
Pelamydes	young of a kind of fish	bala	young, child
Kalybe	the city of the Asian	kal-:	to stay behind, remain
Pedasos Πήδασος	on the Satnioeis river,[6]said to be inhabited by a tribe called the Leleges.	su	water
Telebians	a people	tilbe/tilwe	the crazy
Ambracian gulf	in today’s Greece (west coast)	amrak	still, quiet
Tomaros: Mountain; Tomouroi: a people		Tomar: 1 block, log 2 to hack, hew 3 to break off, chip off	compare Greek τομή (tome): to cut (like in lobotomy)	Tomar-: to bleed; tom-: 1 round, convex 2 ball, smth. round 3 somersault 4 thick, bulging 5 to swell, Khakassian: tomɨr, tombɨr: 'blunt'