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Baba | name of a fool who died in 54 AD, Senec. lud. 3, 4; epist. 15, 10. | baba = aba aba | father | Baba, meaning father is an Old Türkic word but older is only Aba meaning father |
Babai | King of the Sarmatians, fights against the Ostrogoths around 466, Jord. Get. 54, 277. | baba = aba aba | father | Baba, meaning father is an Old Türkic word but older is only Aba meaning father |
Bacchanal | cult association of the mystical Dionysus | bak- | to watch | Sanscrit origined bakşı: shaman; musician |
Bacurdus | Deity (Germanic? Celtic?), mentioned in two now lost inscriptions from Cologne, Brambach CIRh 385 (from the year 189) Bacurdo sacrum M. Albanius Paternus optio v. s. l. m. 386 Bacurdo sacrum T. Iul(ius) Fortunatus pro se et suis v. s. l. m. | bakır | Planet Mars, copper |
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Bacurius | (Georgian: ბაკურ, romanized: bak'ur) was a Romangeneral of Georgian origin and a member of the royal family of Iberia(Kartli, eastern Georgia) mentioned by several Greco-Roman authors of the 4th and 5th centuries. | bakır | copper; Bakır Han: a male name given by Türks. |
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Baebulus | Archwizard | bay | rich, respect person of higher position |
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Baiana | In an inscribed decree of the Decurions of Cumae (CIL X 3698) from 289 AD, the election of a priest matris deae Baianae is mentioned; in the confirmation of this election by the Roman Quindecimviri sacris faciundis, recorded on the same stone, the same deity is referred to simply as Mater deum. The name is probably explained by the fact that in Baiae the mother of the gods was united with a mater Baiana, who was worshipped as a city goddess (cf. the Reatinus pater CIL IX 4676, pater Pyrgensis XI 3107, see also Albsis pater); the M(ater) d(eum) m(agna) Port(us) Aug(usti) et Traiani felicis CIL XIV 408. 429 is also named after the place of her worship. | bay ana | higher mother | There is already a goddess of the Türks called Bay Ana OR Bayanay; wiki: Bai Baianai (Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰀𐰖𐰉𐰀𐰖𐰀𐰣𐰀𐰖) is the Yakut spirit of forests, animals and patron of hunters. Hunters light fires and pray that their work will pass fertile and without accidents. In some cultures, she protects children. She is considered a protector of the lineage. |
Baicorix | Pyrenean-Iberian god, known through four short inscriptions | bay: rich, higher. respectable | korı-: to protect |
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Bagodaras | a „Persian“ hero | bagatur | Türkic title/name for „the hero“ | I have written a blog about that |
Baiocasses OR Bodiocasses | People in the northwestern part of Gallia Lugudunensis, around Bayeux (dép. Calvados), only mentioned by Plin. n. h. IV 107 |
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| interesting: bai (possibly boy) and bod in then name of a tribe. Both are Türkic words for „kin, tribe“. Boy is she newer than bod. |
Baios | helmsman of Odysseus | bay | richt, higher, respectable |
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Baitorix | Prince of the Sugambres, father of Deudorix, Strab. VII 292. | Baytoru | a very Türkish name indeed. | that is a Türk name. There is a female character in the legend of Toltoy by Kyrgyz Türks. The name smelled like Türkish. Whether it is a female name, it is not very important because the Türks give many names to boys and girls. |
Baius | a Roman knight, lived in 2nd C AD | bay: rich, higher. respectable |
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* there are some other epithets or names with „bai“ at the beginning. All are interesting! * | BAI |
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* All the topics that are beginning with bak, dealing with Bacchus/Dionysus must be examined under the light of Turkic word bak- meaning to look, to watch…* | BAK |
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Balbai | Castell in Dacia mediterranea, Kavetzos district | bal: mud, bay: rich |
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Balbitene | a city in South-Armenia | bal | mud | ?bit-/büt-: to be completed, to become whole, to attain perfection, to mature |
Balicha | (Βάλιχα, Var. Βίληχα), tributary of the Euphrates in Mesopotamia, Isid. Charac. Geogr. [2828] gr. min. I 246. In Plut. Crass. 23 it is called Βαλισσός; but Βασίλειος ποταμός in Strab. XVI 747 is probably based on a scribal error. Now Belîch. Sachau Reise in Syria und Mesopot. 230 (already in the Assyrian inscriptions Ba-li-ḫu). | bal: mud, clay | Βαλισσός/Balissos could be muddy water |
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Balios 3x | name of animals | balu-/balı->bağlığ | lit. tied up (animal), meaning belonging to somebody from balı-/balu- to tie up (an animal) |
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Βαλλαχράδες, ballachrades | This name was given to the young participants of a festival celebrated by the Argives, in which the throwing of pears (ἀχράδες) must have played a role, Plut. quaest. graec. 51. | bala: a child | kertme: a wild pear |
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Bangis | river from the Sarmatian Heights | bang- | do dip, to dunk | ?>the river you dive into and get lost in |
Barbyses oder Barbyssos (Βαρβύσης, Βάρβυσσος, Βαρύβυσσος, Βαρβύσιος), | River near Byzantium, which joins the Kydaros to flow into the innermost [6] part of the Golden Horn called Σαπρὰ θάλασσα Marcidum mare | su | water | ?bar-: to come, to reach, to exist |
Barsaborses | a high Sassanid dignitary | bars | leopard |
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Baruk&Baruka & Baruklia | (Ptol. V 12, 5), a settlement in the southeastern part of Albania, north of the mouth of the Cyrus and close to Gangara (Bakû). According to Jankowsky, there was a village called Baruk further west, in the area of Šeki & Place in Phrygia or Pisidia, of which only the ἐθνικόν is known Βαρουκλιανός on inscriptions from Saghir, north of Hoiran Göl. | bark barık | Emperor's palace; mausoleum; house; temple with altar | also see bar-: to reach, to come, to go; bar: existant |
Basanarai | a Hinterindigenous people above the Chalkitis on the middle reaches of the river Doanas, thus probably a division of the Μοï-Aborigines Kambôğas. | bas-: to hit, to raid, to attack suddenly | er: soldier, men | there are 2 well-known Türkic tribes: BASMIL and BASARAB, both derive their names from that root. |
Basanisai | (Βασανίσαι, also Βανίσαι) Thracian people, Steph. Byz. | bas-: to hit, to raid, to attack suddenly |
| there are 2 well-known Türkic tribes: BASMIL and BASARAB, both derive their names from that root. |
Basceiandossus | (see Andossus). The inscription on an altar kept in the museum of Toulouse reads DEO | BASCEIA | NDOSSO | ANDOX | VS | V·S·L·M, J. Sacaze Inscr. antiques des Pyrénées no. 292 (further literature there). It is questionable whether Bascei Andosso or Basceiandosso should be read. The first part seems to have been preserved in the name of the place where it was found (val de Bassioué, territoire communal de Melles). Sacaze notes that Bassia, Bassiès, Bassibié and similar are the names of several Pyrenean mountains. For a valuable Old Celtic vocabulary, see Bascei. | baskuk/basguk | rock fragment, mountain range, mountain fragment | if we read the explanation of Pauly further we see that there were other mountain names of Celtic origin with this name-fragment |
Basich | Chief of the Huns, made an unsuccessful attempt to invade the Persian Empire around the middle of the 5th century, and later entered Roman service, Prisc. frg. 8 p. 90. | basık | chief tax collector |
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Basile, Basileus, Basileia, Basila, | many "bas“ words | baş | head, leader |
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Βασιλήϊοι (Basilii) | or 'royal' Scythians, Hdt. IV 20. 22. 56. 57. 59, was the name given by the Pontic Greeks to the great horde which lay east of the Auchatai and Georgoi and from the lower reaches of the Borysthenes to the bend of the Tanais; this was the most numerous and bravest part of the Skolotoi, who regarded the other tribes as inferior, less genuine and as inferiors (δοῦλοι IV 20). | başlığ | person with a head (chieftian); person with a leader; person with their head held high; proud | „royal Scythians“ is very compatible with Türkic başlığ meaning lit. he who has a head (leader). |
Basilios | name of a month in Cretan kalender | basığ | a kind of tax | month for the taxes for the harvest? |
Βασκάνια | the evil eye | baş | wound, wound tip | <head |
Bassarinoi | an otherwise unknown Caucasian or Scythian people in Colchis, Geogr. Rav. IV 4 p. 174 | bas-: to hit, to raid, to attack suddenly |
| there are 2 well-known Türkic tribes: BASMIL and BASARAB, both derive their names from that root. |
Bastaga | a facility for the transport of fiscal goods. | bas-: to press, to step on |
| there is a word bastak meaning stair step, i can not prove its history |
Bathanattos | a Galatian chieftain. He led the Galatian Scordists to the Danube | batan-ata | could be a 100 % Türkic name. | There was a chieftain among Pechenegs whose name was Batan. Ata means the father, descendant |
Bathos | Location (gorge) in southern Arcadia not far from Alpheios, where every two years a festival was celebrated for the Great Goddesses. There, next to the spring of Olympia, fire rose from the ground, which gave rise to the location of the battle of the giants, Paus. VIII 29, 1. 5. | bat- | to sink, to dive, to enter, to go down | gorge smells like „to go down, to sink, to dive“. |
Bathrikon | Name of a Carian locality, Le Bas 1643 a. | batrak, batruk | spear pennant | place with a kind of a high official of the chieftain (if it was only one batrak) |
Bathy | (Βαθύ), one location each on the European and Asian side of the Bosporos, see Dion. Byz. Bosp. navig. ed. Wescher p. 38f. 57; Schol. 38. 71 p. 49. | batıg/batığ | swamp, Deep places of rivers and river-like things |
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Bathychaitai | Long hair', Nordic tribes above the Maiotis, Orph. Argon. 1064; Scythians and Sarmatians are depicted with long hair. | batıg/batığ | swamp, Deep places of rivers and river-like things | tai: mountain ?> Batık-tai: a mountainous region that have many swamps or holes in the ground? |
Bathykolpos | (Βαθυκόλπος), deep bay into which a river of the same name flows, on the west side of the Bosporos, near the present Böjükdere, Dion. Byz. frg. 43 Müll. (Geogr. gr. min. II 53) = 71 Wesch. Gyllius z. d. St. v. Hammer Constantinopolis II 244f. | batıg/batığ | swamp, Deep places of rivers and river-like things |
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Bathynias | (Βαθυνίας), river in Thrace, probably the Sazly (Taslii) Dere, which flows west of Constantinople near Kütschük Tschekmekdsche, see Plin. n. h. IV 47. Ptol. III 11, 4 (6). Strab. VII 331 frg. 56. Kiepert map of western Asia Minor II. Probably the same which App. Mithr. 1 is called Bithyas. | bat- | to sink, to dive, to enter, to go down | swamp like areas have always the root bat- in Türkic |
Bathyrsos | a river | su | water | bat-: to sink, to dive / deep river? |
Bathys 3x | river name | bat- | to sink, to dive, to enter, to go down |
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Βατιάκη | (βατιάκιον, batiaca, batioca, batiola, Plaut. Stich. 694 und bei Non. 545, 20. Loewe Prodr. 276. 280. Keller Volksetym. 82), ein persisches Trinkgefäss, bei Athen. XI 784a (vgl. 497 f) [140] mit der φιάλη verglichen, also eine flache Schale; so auch die Glossen. | bat- | to sink, to dive, to enter, to go down |
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Batichos | Son of Sonikos from Kos, he rendered services to the exiled Samians and was appointed πρόξενος and εὐεργέτης after their return; the terminus post quem of the honour is 322/1. Schede Athen. Mitt. XLIV 5f.12f. | batuk | a personal name |
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Batracharta | City of Babylonia between the Tigris and the coast, below Apamea Ptol. V 20, 4. For the second part of the name cf. ZDMG XXX 139ff. XXXI 495ff. ΧΧΧII 724ff. XXXIII 143ff. | batrak | flag |
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Batrache | (Βατραχή, Ptol. V 5, 30), a town on the upper reaches of the Thessyris, which appears to be located in the area of the Heniochoi north of the Korax. | batrak | flag |
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Batyllos | (Βάτυλλος), a satyr in the Bacchic thiasos on a red-figure vase, Jahn Vaseb. II 2 (CIG 8439), possibly also made on the Apotheosis of Heracles in Villa Albani (Jahn-Michaelis Griech. Bilderchron. Note 267). The derivation of the name from the root βατ- makes the change to Βάθυλλος superfluous. Heydemann Satyr and Bacchae names 19 and 35. | batur/batır | hero | a very old Türkic name |
Bautisos | According to the report in Ptol. VI 16, 3, drawn from Marinos and based on inquiries by Persian or Bactrian trading agents (ca. 80 AD), a large river of the eastern country of Serike | su | water |
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Bazopara | (κώμη Βαζοπάρων), Thracian village that participated in the settlement of the Emporium of Pizos (202 AD), Kalinka Anti. Denkm. Bulgar. 34 II 40. IV 92. | ara | a place in between |
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Bdekyra | (κωμῆται Βδεκυρηνοί), Thracian village, mentioned in the inscription of Hissar (district Karlovo), Kalinka Ant. Monument. Bulgarian. 100. | kır | mountain |
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Bedizum | Place (mutatio) in Thrace, 12 miles west of Rhaidestos (now Rodosto), Itin. Hieros. 601; | bediz | embroidery, picture |
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Belaidipara | (Βηλαιδίπαρα), castle in the Byzantine eparchy of Thrace, founded by Justinian I, Procop. aed. IV 11 p. 305 Bonn. | ara | place in between |
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Belendi | Belendi, people in Aquitanica in Plin. n. h. IV 108. Perhaps identical with the Βεληδόνιοι in Steph. Byz. Cf. Desjardins Géogr. de la Gaule II 371. 374f. Holder Altkelt. Sprachschatz s. v. | Berendi | A Türkic tribe | there is still a town called Berendi in Anatolia coming from this name |
Belenus/Belinus | Belenus (less often, but relatively frequently in inscriptions Belinus), Celtic god who enjoyed great veneration at the time of the decline of the Roman religion. Tertullian apol. 24 and ad nat. II 8 describes him as a special god of Noricum, and one of the fairly numerous inscriptions has also been found in the area of Noricum (CIL III 4774 Belino Aug. sac., [200] near Klagenfurt). | beling | panic, terror |
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Belos | Mountains in Syria (Ptol. V 15, 16. Plin. n.h. V 81. 82. Steph. Byz. s. Σελευκόβηλος). Ptolemy and Stephen. Byz. (loc. cit.) call a Σελεύκεια πρὸς Βήλῳ; Pliny (loc. cit.) | bel | mountain pass, ridge |
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Benkasos | (Βέγκασος), location (mountain ridge?) on Crete between Lato and Olus, CIG II 2554., or a river? | su | water |
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Bepara | (Βέπαρα), castle in the Thracian province of Rhodope, founded by Justinian I, Procop. aed. IV 11 p. 305 Bonn. | ara | a place in between |
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Bereiaros | (Βηρηΐαρος), castle in the Byzantine eparchy of Thrace, founded by Justinian I, Procop. de aedif. IV 11 p. 305 Bonn. | beri-yar/beri-yer | the place to our side, southern place | yer/yar: place, beri: southern a place near to our direction |
Berekyntes, Berekynthos, Berekyntia | A Phrygian tribe, a mountain ridge, nickname of Kybele | berk/berik | strong, sturdy, solid |
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Berich 2x | King of the Goths, A Hunnic nobleman | berk/berik | strong, sturdy, solid |
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Bericus | A Celtic nobleman | berk/berik | strong, sturdy, solid |
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Berosaba | (Not. dign. or. XXXIV 5; ibid. XXXIV 18 Benosabae). Military station (equites Dalmatae Illyriciani) in the territory of the Dux Palaestinae; probably identical with Bersabe on the southern border of Palestine, where according to Hieron. Onom. ed. Lagarde 103, 32ff. there was a Roman garrison, see Bersabe No. 1. | oba: dwelling place | beri: south, near to our seide | no matter where it is, the Romans called it like the dwelling places in Thrace (There are many aba/oba in Thrace) |
Bessapara | (‘Bessen-Markt’), place in Thrace, Aparchy of Thrace, on the road from Serdika to Philippolis, fortified by Justinian I, | ara | a place in between |
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Besser | (Βέσσαρα), city of Assyria on the left bank of the Tigris, Ptol. VI 1, 3. | ara | a place in between |
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Bessi | a Thracian tribe | beş | 5 | there are many numbers in the names of the Türk tribes like 9 Oguz, 10 Ogur, etc. Maybe the second part of the name (confederation) got lost. |
Beuca | King of the Sarmatians, fought against the Ostrogoths around 466. Jord. Get. 54, 277. | Buqa | bull | There were many man called Buka in Türk history. Also look at Böke/Bögü |
Bezek | (Βεζέκ) Euseb. Onom. ed. Lagarde 237, 52. Hieron. ibid. 105, 28), two places of the same name in Palestine, situated close to each other, 17 miles from Neapolis, in the direction of Scythopolis; not identified. | bezek | embroidery, decoration | „in the direction of Scythopolis……“ The Scythian were most likely Türks. |
Bigilar/Bigelis | translator at the court of Theodosius II, was an accomplice in the plot which the Byzantine court made against the life of Attila, and [470] accompanied the historian Priscus on his embassy to the court of the Hun king. Prisc. frg. 7. 8. 14 p. 76. 81. 94. 95. 98. Cf. Bigelis. | Begil | A male name in Dede Korkut’s stories | Bigil, Begil OR another proposal Begli: they who have a chieftain |
Binagara/Binnagara | City in Indoskythia on the eastern bank of the Indus | bin: 1000 < (Old Turkish) bing | ara: a place in between |
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Bitzimaias | (Βιτζιμαίας), castell of Illyria, made by Justinian I, Procop. aedif. IV 4 p. 282 Bonn. | biçim, biçin; bıçım, bıçın: harvest < biç-, bıç-: to cut, to scythe | ay: moon, month | ?> crescent moon? < biçim: slice; biçin: ape, primate |
Bleschanes | Commander of the 800 Persian horsemen who defended the Castell Sisauranon against Belisarius in 541. | Biliş-khan | Biliş: friend (acquaintance, German Bekannter) | khan: a chieftain |
Blukion | (Βλούκιον), castle of the Tolistoboges in Galatia, residence of King Deiotarus, Strab. XII 567 | Buluk: a personal name | Buluk ~ Bulak: water spring | Buluk ~ Bölük: a military unit ———There are many toponyms with Buluk in the old Türkic stories like Ulu Kem Buluk, Kara Buluk, etc. |
Boauleia | Ochsenhof (Oxen farm), fictitious locality in Scythia, Pisander in Steph. Byz. s. v. | buga-ağıl(ı) | animal shelter, fenced area | >Greek Auli |
Bodinoi | (Βωδινοί), in Ptol. III 5, 10 a people in Sarmatia northeast of the Carpathians near the Borysthenes, between the Gevinoi (Γηουϊνοί) and the Amadokoi, who were accepted from learned tradition. | budun, bodun | tribes, peoples |
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Bodiontici | Alpine people, belonging to the province of Gallia Narbonensis, with the city of Dinia (now Digne), Plin. n. h. III 37; perhaps identical with the Brodiontii of the inscription of Tropaea Angusti in Plin. III 137. Zeuss Die Deutschen 208. | budun, bodun | tribes, peoples |
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Boges | was a Persianofficial and military commander, who functioned as governor (hyparchos) of Eionin Thrace(Achaemenidsatrapy of Skudra) under the King of Kings Xerxes I (r. 486–465 BC). | Bögü | scholar, physician, shaman | Bögü was already a male name in 8th C |
Bogu | Βογοῦ), river in the territory of the Turkish Patzinakai or Pečenegen, Const. Porphyrog. [608] de admin. imp. 42 p. 179, 15; the present Bog or Bug, Hypanis (s. d.) of antiquity. | bugu | deer (male); camel stallion |
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Boion 3x, Boione | all toponyms | boynak < boyun-ak | a low place on a mountain ridge that is suitable for crossing |
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Bolax | (Βῶλαξ), city in the Elean region of Triphylia, Pol. IV 77, 9. 80, 13. Curtius Pel. I 92. 118. Bursian Geogr. II 285. | bulak | waterspring |
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Bolbai | City in Caria | bol-: to exist | bay: richt |
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Boline 2x | toponyms | bolın | pasture, meadow suitable for herding animals or for running horses |
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Bolissos | (Βολισσός, also Βολισός Androt. in Steph. Byz. and Βολίσκος, like Herodian. [ibid.] in Thuk. VIII 24, 3 read), city on the west side of Chios, where Homer is said to have spent a long time | bol: full | su: water |
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Bolitai | (Βωλῖται, Ptol. VI 18, 3), northernmost people of the Paropanisadai, i.e. in the area of the Hindukuš passes north of Kâbul, where Alexandria sub Caucasus was also located. Most researchers think it is a distortion of Καβολῖται; Kâbul, however, was called Kabura, with an Iranian r; B. appears to be a derivative of an Indian theme bhaul-, bhōl- from the root bhû- 'to swell' (cf. Skr. buli f.); however, the current nomenclature of the Hindukuš region does not suggest this. | bol-: to exist | tai: mountain |
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Borani | (Βορανοί), according to Zosim. I 27. 31 Germanic tribe on the Danube, which, in association with Goths, Urugunds and Carps, made raids into the Roman Empire (especially under Gallus and Gallienus), devastated Italy and Illyria and even invaded Asia. | boran: storm, strong wind | Boran: a personal name | acc. to German wiki they were a Sarmatian tribe |
Boreas | Βορέας (Attic Βορρᾶς, Ionian Βορέης) refers to the four-lined compass rose, as used in Homer Od. V 295 is present, the pure north wind, for which the double name βορέας καὶ ἀπαρκτίας occurs in Aristotle's eight-line compass rose (Meteor. II 6 p. 363 b) (northeast is then called καικίας) | bora | strong wind, storm |
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Borissos | (Βορισσός oder Βορισσόν?). Nach Philostorg. hist. eccl. IX 9 eine κώμη von Cappadocia secunda; nur der Dativ ist bekannt ἐν Βορισσῷ. Ramsay Asia min. 308. | bor: earth, clay | su: water |
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Bospara | (Βόσπαρα), castle in the Byzantine eparchy of Thrace (upper Hebros valley), built by Justinian I, Prokop. aed. IV 11 p. 305 (mentioned alongside Bessapara [see above]). For the name, cf. Bosporos. | ara | a place in between |
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Botachos | (Βώταχος), son of Iocritos, grandson of Lycurgus, Eponymus of the autochthonous-Tegean τόπος Βωταχίδαι (written by Pausanias VIII 45, 1 Πωταχίδαι δῆμος) (s. d.), Nikolaos Damask. frg. 44 from Steph. Byz. see Βωταχίδαι, FHG III 379, after Dindorf on H. Stephanus Thes. l. gr. s. v. probably = the Crotonian Βουτακίδης. | botak | a tree branch | the name meant as long as a a branch? |
Boteiras | (Βοτείρας), King of Bithynia, beginning of the 4th century BC. His son is Bas, see Memnon frg. 20 = FHG III 536. | Botır/Batır | Hero | maybe an adjective or a nickname; Botır and Batır are still male names in Türkic world |
Boter | the freedman of the Emperor Claudius, is said to be, according to Suet. Claud. 27, the true father of Claudia, the daughter of Claudius and Urgulanilla. | Botır/Batır | Hero | maybe an adjective or a nickname; Botır and Batır are still male names in Türkic world |
Boudunn(ehae?) | Nickname of the Matronae on an inscription found in Cologne (in 1892). Klinkenberg Korr.-Bl. d. Westd. Ztschr. XI 1892, 100. Kisa Rhein. Jahrb. XCIII 251. The ending of the obviously Celtic name, in which a location is to be sought, is uncertain. A woman's name Boudenna or Boudinna on the Spanish inscription CIL II 625 = Eph. ep. IV p. 13; cf. the names beginning with boudi- in Holders Altcelt. Sprachschatz. | bodun | tribes | the goddess of many tribes? |
Boz | (died c. 380) was the king of the Antes, an early Slavic people that lived in parts of present-day Ukraine | Boz | Grey | Boz is a very usual name in Türkic onomastics |
Boziata | (Βοζιάτα, Var. Μοζιάτα, Ptol. V 9, 6), a town in the Caucasian region of Albania, near the capital Kabala; no longer verifiable; the variant Moziata could contain the Armenian-Udic word mozi kappadok. Greek muzia 'calf'. | Bozyatan | a Türkmen tribe |
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Braciaca | Celtic epithet of Mars on the inscription found at Deva (Brit.) CIL VII 176 Deo Marti Braciacae Q. Sittius Caecilian(us) praef(ectus) coh(ortis) I Aquitano(rum) v. s. In Holder Altcelt. Sprachschatz s. v. the interpretation 'god of malt' (see Holder s. braci) is recorded; more likely a topical epithet is present, taken from a Gallic (Aquitanian?) place; cf. Holder s. Bracciacus. | buragu-aka | Buragu: calf; aqa: 1 elder brother; elder uncle; father; grandfather 2 respectful address 3 elder |
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Braiola | (Βραΐολα Procop. de aedif. 285, 9. 35), castle in the Timacus area. W. Tomaschek The ancient Thracians II 2, 62. | bura: to bend, to curl | yol: road |
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Bregedaba | (Βρεγεδάβα), Prokop. de aed. 282, 24), castle built by Justinian not far from Bugaraca. W. Tomaschek The Ancient Thracians II 2, 63. | oba: dwelling place |
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Breierophara | Place (mutatio) in Thrace on the Via Egnatia, 10 miles from Maximianopolis [827] and Brendike, Itin. Hieros. 603. Now Irdschan, east of Gümürdschina. Tomaschek Thraker II 2, 62. | ara: the place in between |
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Brendice | Itin. Ant. 322; Brizice ebd. 331; Berozicha Itin. Hieros. 602; Brendici Tab. Peut. VIII; Brentice Geogr. Rav. IV 6 p. 183; Brindice ebd. V 12 p. 373; Prindice Guido 108), Thrace in Egypt, Egypt, 21 (20) Millien von Porsulae, 12 (15) von Milolitum. Beim jetzigen Schabdschi Chane. Zoom Names cf. Briantike. | Berendi | A confederatio of Türkic tribes | In Balkans there are many places with this name or people with this name: https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berendiler |
Brentopara | (county of Vrentoparon), Thracian village, mentioned in an inscription from Hissar, Kalinka Ant. Denkm. Bulgar. 55. | ara: the place in between |
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Brittura | (Βρίττουρα Proc. de aed. 284, 27), Castell in the area of Remesiana (Bela palanka) in Moesia superior, W. Tomaschek Die alten Thraker II 2, 63. | tura bei Göktürks: a mansion where horses and soldiers can find provisions and rest |
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Brykai | (Βρύκης, Βρύκαι, Βρυκεῖς, Βρυκήιοι) is what Steph. Byz. calls a Thracian people. The note perhaps comes from Hecataeus, and then Thracian = Macedonian, see Meineke z. St. and zu Σάνη. In this case the identity with the Bryges (q.v.) is beyond doubt. But see also Brysai. | buyruk/bıruk | commander |
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Bubona | mentioned as divine protector of cattle (a bubus) by Augustin. de civ. dei IV 24. 34; a connection between Bubetii ludi (see above) and B. is already excluded by the word formation. | buka: bull | ana: mother |
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Buxus | boxwood | bük | thicket | etymology uncertain |
Budenicus | Topical epithet of Mars on an altar found near Ucetia (Uzès, Gall. Narb.) CIL XII 2973 Márti Budenic[o] Grátus Severi filius. The place is presumed (Allmer Revue épigr. I p. 132) to be derived from the name of the village Bézuc (?) near Uzès. | budın | tribes, clans |
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Budinoi | Budinoi (Βουδῖνοι, Βουδινοί), a large people of the Scythian north, about whose dwellings Herodotus IV 21 reports the following: 'If one goes over the Tanais, the first land, pure steppe soil without any tree growth, is inhabited by the Sauromatai, 15 days' journey to the north; above this lies a second land, densely covered with all kinds of wood, where the B. live. Further up, at a distance of seven days' journey, there follows a desert, behind which the great hunting peoples of the Thyssagetai and Iyrkai (q.v.) roam to the east. | budın | tribes, clans |
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Budioi | according to Her. I 101 one of the six tribes of the Medes. Oppert explains the name as 'farmer', Persian bûdiyâ (?); cf. Sayce on the above passage. | bud/bod > budın | tribe |
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Bukaia | (Βούκαια), city in Phocis on Parnassus, named after the annual burning of an ox in memory of the Deucalion flood, Etym. M. | buka: bull |
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Burridava | (Tab. Peut.), suburb of the Burridavenses (Βουριδαυήνσιοι Ptol. III 8, 5) and station of the Aluta road leading from the Rothenthurm Pass to the Danube, was, like the tribe, influenced by Roman culture soon after the occupation, since the Aluta line was fortified by Emperor Hadrian. | oba: dwelling place |
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Burtudizon | Station in Thrace on the road from Byzantium to Hadrianupolis, 18 miles west of Bergule (s.d.), Itin. Ant. 127. 230. 323 (here Burdizizo). Table Peut. VIII Burtiho Geogr. Rav. IV 6 p. 184 Burtizon. Code of Law V 10, 23. VIII 35, 9 a. 294 Burtodixi. Act. Alex. 26 (Act. SS. May. III 199) Burtodexion. Justinian I fortified the town of Procopius, which belonged to the province of Haimimontos. aed. IV 11 p. 306 Βουρτούδγιζι. Jireček Heerstrasse von Belgrad nach Constantinopel 49 places it at the Teke Dere (i.e. near Kuleli?), Tomaschek Die alten Thraker II 2, 62 and Kiepert Formae XVII at the Böjük Dere near Eski Baba. Different from this is the κάστρον Βουρδίζου in Kanitz Donaubulgarien III 241ff. 356. | diz | a higher place | there are many diz toponyms in Thrace; diz: lit. knee |
Busipara | (κώμη Βουσιπάρων), Thracian village that participated in the settlement of the Emporium of Pizos (202 AD), Kalinka Ant. Denkm. Bulgar. 34 III 70. | ara: the place in between |
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Buzyga, Buzygai, Buzyges, Buzygion | personal names could deal with buzāġu “calf”; „(Βουζύγιον) was the name of one of the three places of holy plowing in Athens, which was located below the castle (Plutarch. praec. coniug. 42, where O. Müller Kl. Schr. II 165 ὑπὸ πέλιν in ὑπὸ πόλιν corrected).“ could deal with Türkic Buzagu, because of sacred „plowing.“ | buzagu | calf | Modern Türkish buzağı |
Bybai | (Βύβαι), Thracian people, Steph. Byz. | bay | rich | bay as a part of names was/is very popular in Türkish. There are many tribes, toponyms with this small word |
Byke | (Βύκης ἡ λίμνη Ptol. III 5, 9. Marcian. II 38; Buces lacus Plin. IV 84; Byces Val. Flacc. [1105] VI 68), a large beach swamp on the east side of the isthmus of Taphros (s.d., now Perekop, Turkish Or 'ditch') | bük | 1. obstacle, blockage, 2. dense thicket, impassable place; 1 wood, forest 2 hill 3 meadow 4 valley between mountains | Wikipedia: „The Syvash or Sivash[3](Russian and Ukrainian: Сива́ш; Crimean Tatar: Sıvaş, Cyrillic: Сываш, "dirt"), also known as the Putrid Sea or Rotten Sea (Russian: Гнило́е Мо́ре, Gniloye More; Ukrainian: Гниле́ Мо́ре, Hnyle More; Crimean Tatar: Çürük Deñiz), is a large area of shallow lagoons on the western edge of the Sea of Azov....." As we see here it is a place where nobody can pass easily. The Türkish BÜK is a 100 % compatible with that toponym. |
Bykes | A river Βύκης, Buces is mentioned in Ptol. III 5, 12. Mela II 2 and Plin. IV 84. 88; it flows on the north side into the marshy swamp Byke; probably the present-day Nogaika, according to others the Moločnaja voda. | bük | 1. obstacle, blockage, 2. dense thicket, impassable place; 1 wood, forest 2 hill 3 meadow 4 valley between mountains |
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Byzonoi | a people of the Scythian interior, which nourished itself exclusively on cow's milk, Zenob. V 25 (The Mediterranean cows, which suckle only this food, are called "milked"). | buzagu | calf | -n: Plural suffix |
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