A-tribe-called-Menobardi-by-Pliny

 

Pliny wrote about a tribe called "Menobardi" in his Natural History (CHAP. 10.—THE RIVERS CYRUS AND ARAXES).

 *A name whose origin is unknown.*

Till now!

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First a little information:

The Menobardi were dwelling in the valleys adjoining to Armenia.

Pauly notices:

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But nobody tried to explain their name. 

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My turn:

There was a king of the Türkic Khwarazmian Empire. His name was Dschalal ad-Dunja wa-d-Din Abu l-Musaffar Mengübirti. (جلال الدنيا والدين أبو المظفر منكبرتي).

Mengübirti/Mengüberti was his Türkish name (the rest was his Arabic name/nickname). 

Notice that there was a ŋ (voiced velar nasal) in this name.(Meŋüberti would be the original).

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Now we take this name apart.

Bengü/Mengü (a b ~ m change was never a Problem in Türkic) means simply eternal/immortal > religious meaning "the God".

Berti means "given" from the verb ber- meaning to give.

Now we have 2 compatible Türkic words that make sense together.

That could easily mean God-Given.

Like Theodore in Greek language .

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I think this could be easily a tribe-name, too.

There we see that the Türks were existent there at the very latest years before 1. AD.

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