Some-Scythian-Thracian-names-and-their-Turkish-Etymology

 

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Here below some Scythian and Thracian toponyms and andronyms that could have a Türkic etymologies:

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Name	Who/What	Old Türkish equivalent	Meaning	Other Info
Artabanus/Artapanus	1 A commander of Xerxes from Hyrcania 2 The name of various kings of Parthia	Ertapan	male worshipper	a~e change by AR
Toxaris	A Scythian male name	toksar/toksarı	sarı: yellow/white	toksarı: dark yellow, orange? In KAzak dialect the color of the egg yolk. This name is being used in modern Türkiye as family name.
Teutares	A Scythian male name (who instructed Herakles how to shoot a bow)	Tutar	he who keeps	Tutar was a name in 16th C attested in Ottoman Türkish Society
Ebraittos/Abrytos	a city in Scythia Minor (Moesia)	Eb	Home/House
Tanusas	A Scythian male name (a king) who lived in Romanian Constance in 3rd C BC	tonguz: pig	tanuş-: recognize each other, become known	tanış/tanaş: baby of a pig in Anatolian Turkish; Tanış: a male name in 16th C in Anatolia
Bormanin/Gormanon	A Iazygian place	korıġ	forbidden zone (a place that is not for everybody free to enter)	Türkic korum: rock, cliff, heap of stones; Kurman: Bow—case,
Banadaspas	A Iazygian King	ban-	to tie,
Goneis	a Thracian town (Hadrianapolis)	kün: day	kün > south?
Drabos	A Thracian place	tur-	to stay	ab/eb: home
Entribae	A Thracian tribe	entür-: to bring down, to bend down	bay: rich
Dertallos	A Thracian castle	tört: 4	tal: branch, willow, tree	dört dal: 4 branches (a very old Türkic story about 4 forbidden branches of a tree)
Dingion	A Thracian castle	tıng-/tıng	1 spirit, breath 2 rest 3 to rest 4 to pant 5 to breathe 6 quiet 7 sultriness
Dimissos	A Thracian place	su	water
Gondrae	A Thracian tribe	kon-	to settle
Denizos	A Thracian castle	tengiz	sea, lake
Ergissenoi	(Ἐργισσηνοί), ethnic group from the Thracian site of Ergissa, mentioned in the inscription from Beroe (Stara Zagora). Kalinka Ancient Monuments in Bulgaria no. 161. Tomashek Thracians II 2, 55.	ergi	1 part of the yurt close to the door 2 threshhold 3 stairs	?ergiš: husband
Dioploi	A Thracian tribe/place ?	tüplü	noble	<tüp: root,
Skyrmiadai	A Thracian tribe	çıġır	a path	<yügür-: to walk
Autlebis/Atlebis	Thracian dynast	Atlı	he who has (got) a name	?bay: rich
Harpessos	A Thracian river	arpa: barley	su. water	a very Türkish name for a river
Apsinthos	A Thracian river	Ab-: to spring	+sVn: a suffix that makes a verb from an other word with a meaning pf „as if“
Maisades	Father of the Thracian Prince Seuthes	Bay: richt	?>baysı, ?ata
Bdekyra	A Thracian village	bedük-kır	big mountain, big steppe
Bergaios	Thracian prince around 400–350 BC	berk: strong	ay: moon	Berkay! there are many names that are ending with +ay
Donuca	A Thracian mountain	Tonuk	ton: to freeze + suffix uk > frozen
Brentopara	A Thracian village	ara	a place in between
Bettegerri	A tribe in Thrace	bitig: script	er: man/men
Byzes	A Thracian dynast	buzau	calf
Gildoba	A Thracian town	Oba	dwelling place
many +ARA toponyms	many toponym ending with +ARA	ara	place in between	Like Germisara
Kalindoia	City in the Thracian Bottice	kalın	numerous, crowded, dense	also see kal-: to be placed, to be left, to remain
Heros	The so-called Thracian Rider	er	man, soldier
Bizye	A Thracian place	biz: A thick, large sewing needle with a flat and curved tip, used for sewing sacks and similar coarse fabrics.	an other version of biz is biyez
Sapaioi	A Thracian tribe	sap-: 1 to leave the way, go astray, deviate 2 sideway 3 dodge, trick	>sapa: deviating
Orbelos	Mountains in the Macedonian-Thracian border region.	or: higher place	bel: mountain pass
Orthagoria	a city in Thrace	orta: the middle, where the chieftain sits	korıġ: forbidden zone
Kotys	Name of several Thracian kings	kotuz	yak bull	There was a very good commander of the Mamluken Türks named KOTUZ who stopped the Mongols
Gephyraioi	Thracian-Pelasgian tribe	köprü	bridge
Tamonbari	Fort of the Byzantine province of ‘Thrace’ (upper Hebros region, later Eastern Rumelia)	Tümen: 10.000	bar: there is	tümen is still a military unit in Türkiye
Bidigis	(Βίδιγις), castell in the Byzantine Diocese of Thrace, on the Istros	bedüg	big, great
Dabanos	a fort in Dardania	taban	foot, sole
Thrak	a people	Otrak/Otruk	island	Otrak(Island) is my proposal for the etymology of the Thracians.
Many +ava toponyms		ova	cavity, valley	etymology of many +ava/+ova ending should be Türkic language
Daulis	Daulis or Daulia (Δαυλίς or Δαυλία), city in Phokis near the current village of Davlia	taw/ta	mountain	+lV: suffix for related to“. > TAWLI
Carsium	Station of the Danube riverside road in Moesia inferior between Axiupolis (Hinok) and Troesmis	karşı	opposite, adversary; opposite side; quarrel
Tibisis (Τίβισις)	A big river in Scythia	tüpsüz	abysmal, eternal, very big	etymology is clearly Türkish
Kabassos	a tilge in Capadocia	kap-: to swell	su: water
Boreas/Borras	God of the Northwind / Northwind	Bora	1 North wind 2 to snow heavily
Dilectus	the recruitment of troops for military service	tilek	wish, adjuration

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