names-from-antiquity-and-their-Tuerkic-etymologies

 

The search continues. Below you will find names from antiquity and my suggestions from Turkish regarding their etymology. We begin with the letter A.

Source: https://topostext.org/the-people

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Arama-bulma çalışmaları devam ediyor. Aşağıda antik çağlardan adlar ve kökenlerine dair Türkçe önerilerimi bulacaksınız. A harfiyle başlıyoruz. 

Kaynak: https://topostext.org/the-people

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Topostext word	Meaning	Türkic word	Meaning	Other info
Aarassus	a Pisidian city	ara: place in between	su: water
Abali	a tribe of India, Pliny	abalı	from awa: word of pity, +lı: suffix, meaning with	abalı: in DLT a word said when one sees something as less than desirable and is not ambitious (a Türkish hapax)
Abaris	legendary ancient Greek sage and priest of Scythian origin	Bars	a Türkish name	meaning Leopard
Abartus	mythical king of Phocaea	abart-:	to exaggerate	See Kyrgyz Türkish word apırt-
Abas	many mythical characters with that name (one of them ist surely an Etruscan warrior)	aba/apa	father, ancestor	in some Türkish dialects aba/oba means bear
Abolani	an Alban nation (Pliny)	ablan-	to hunt	another Alban Nation Hortenses could have been Ortanca (meaning they in the middle)
Abortae	An Indian nation (Pliny)	avırta	people, community, all (whole); feeder, caregiver	avır-: to go around, to go around something
Abrota	a mythical Queen	uragut/urawut	woman, wife, female > avrat	See the name Abro (an other mythical woman) and Abrotonum (mother of Themistokles (Denizoglu).
Acca	a mythical woman	Chuvash akka, many other dialects Eke	Elder Sister	See Acca Larentia, foster-mother of Romulus
Acdei	a tribe of East Europe	ak-tau	white mountain
Acerbas (Sicharbas, Zacherbas)	priest from Roman mythology	baş	head	aġır: valuable, heavy > aġırbaş= the mature one. a god example for Türkish onomastics
Achelous	a river and a river god	akığlığ	streaming (water)
Acheroon	a river and a river god	ak-: to flow	akar suw: glowing water = river
Aciris	Then comes the city Heracleia, a short distance above the sea; and two navigable rivers, the Aciris and the Siris (Strabo)	akırı	slow, slowly; silent	akuru
Actorion	one of the Argonauts	ak: white	torı: brown	Akdura? > both a match with Türkish onomastics
Ada (of Caria)	ruler of Caria (4th C BC)	ada	danger	her mother aba (sister) could be Türkish, too. Alinda, her stronghold could be Türkish, too. Alında from al-to take, to conquer. (Pre-Greek suffix nth ~ nda)
Adra	a City by Ptolemy	adır-	to separate	adıra/adara: here and there; detailed
Adrane	a city in Thrace (Polybius)	adır-	to separate	adıran: that that separates
Aeas	a mountain, a river	ayaz/ayas	cold, clear weather
Aeatus	a male character	ay-ata	moon-father	Names beginning with AY are many in Türkic history
Aebura	a town	ay: moon	bur: chalk; gray	börü/büre: wolf
Aebutia	a female character	ay: moon		?bod: color; botu: camel baby
Aebutius	a male character	ay: moon		?bod: color; botu: camel baby
Aecani	name of a tribe (Pliny)	ay: moon	kan: blood	Aykan is a 100% Türkic name
Aedon	a female character.The feminine noun ἀηδών translates to 'nightingale', and has a secondary meaning of ‚singer'. It shares the same root with the verb ἀείδω meaning 'to sing, to chant, to praise‘. (wiki)	ayıt-: to say, to tell		+an: suffix, meaning s/he who … like in Old Türkic name Aşan Puka
Aydoneus	epithet of Hades, Greek god of the underworld	Aydöne	turning moon	Aydöne is still a name in Türkiye
Aedonion	hetaera	Ay-don	moon-dressed
Aeetes	a king, son of Helios	ay-ete	moon-father	ata/ete: ancestor, elder
Aegeoneus	Son of Priam	Ay-gün	moon-day	still a name in Türkiye
Aella	an Amazon warrior who had been given this name because of her swiftness	yel	wind	+a female suffix
Aello	Ἀελλώ, Aellōmeans "storm" or "storm-swift" in ancient Greek (wiki)	yel	wind	+o male suffix
Many names beginning with AE could be Türkic AY (moon) at the beginning
Aether	personification of the bright upper sky.	ay	moon	?teri: skin
Aethon	name of many characters	ay-ton	moon-dressed	moon-colored
Aetole	epithet of the goddess Artemis near Naupactus	Ay-tolu	full-moon
Aetolus	name of many characters	Ay-tolu	full-moon
Aganus	son of Paris and Helen of Troy	aga	brother	Bounicus, Corythus, and Idaeus. These tree could have Türkic etyma, too. Bun/iq: the sick one; Corythus < korı-: to protect; Ida-: to send or Itay: dog-moon (born in the dog-month)
Agoraea" / „Agoraeus	epithet of Zeus, Athena, Artemis, and Hermes	agır	respectful, honorable, reputable, heavy, important, big	Wiki associates this name with agora (marketplace). My proposal seems to be suitable to deities
Agoritai	People on the northern slopes of the Caucasus	Egri Tau / Ağır Tau	not parallel mountain / respectful, honorable, reputable, heavy, important, big mountain	See Ağrı Dağı, the highest mountain in Türkiye near Caucasia
Aiakes	a mythical character	ayag	honor
Aichmis	mythical king of Arcadia	ayıkmış	sinfull	ayıg: sin, bad deed OR ayık: oblation (he who was oblates)
Aidos	Greek goddess of shame	uyad-/uyat-	shame, to be ashamed	αἰδώς’ etymology is very uncertain
Aigyros/Aigydrus	king of Sicyon in Greek Mythology	ay: moon	?kud: holy
Aithiolas	son of Menelaus and Helen of Troy	ay-tolu	full-moon
Aitolia	a region in Ancient Greece	Ay-tolu	full-moon
Aias	2 characters of Greek mythology	ayaz/ayas	cold, clear weather	ayaz: a male slave (DLT)
Akinakai	a people in Asia	ak	white	akın: flood
Aktaionid	of Aktaion?	ak-tay	white mountain
Alabandus	A Carian hero	ala: colorful (a horse color)	bant-: to tie	acc. to wiki: …he had won a prize in some sort of horse race, the people named him Alabandus, as the Carianword for "horse" was ala, and "victory" banda. Accordingly, his name was sometimes given as "Hipponicus"
Alazia	an ancient Anatolian city	yal-: to burn; flame
Alba (Silvius)	was in Roman mythology the fifth king of Alba Longa	alp	hero	names of his descendants are interesting, too: Atys, Capys, Capetus, Tiberinus
Algos	Ancient Greek mythological personifications of pain	alkın-:	To perish, to vanish, to end, to be exhausted, to weaken, to disappear
Alcander / Alkander	many characters in mythology	alkan-:	to be praised, to become famous; to attack, to destroy	a Spartan, a Lycian,
Alcathous	many characters in mythology	alkat	praise, worship	A Trojan
Alcathus	a character	alkat	praise, worship
Alcon	many characters in mythology	alkın-:	To perish, to vanish, to end, to be exhausted, to weaken, to disappear
Almus	son of Sisyphus	Almış	A Türkish name, still in use in Tatarstan
Althaea	daughter of Testius	Altay	red mountain	+a: Greek suffix for female
Althaemenes	was a Cretan prince as the only son of King Catreus of Crete	Altay	red mountain	+men/man: Türkish emphasizing suffix - - Father Catreus’ name interesting, too.  kadır/katır means hard, strong.
Altinius Dasius	iapygian - Dasius Altinius (beide Namen bei Livius), leitete sein Geschlecht von Diomedes, dem mythischen Gründer von Arpi in Apulien	Altuntaş	Goldstone
Many names with Amar- like Amariakai, Amaryllis, Amarysia, Amaranths, etc.		amır-	to love
Ameinocles	was a Corinthian shipbuilder, who visited Samos about 704 BC	oglu	son of…
Amorges	A Carian leader	Amırgı	hunter	Amırka: friend < amır-: quiet
Amorgos	mallow, medical plant to soothe coughs or sore throats	amır-	to be quiet
Anacyndaraxes	father of Sardanapalus	ana: mother	gönder-: to send off	gönderici: he who send off
Anaea	an Amazon	ana	mother
Anacallis	the female grammarian from Corcyra, who attributes the invention of ball-games to Nausicaa, the daughter of Alcinous.	ana	mother
Anahita/Anaitis	a Persian goddess	ana	mother
Anaideia	she was the personification of shamelessness	ana/anay	mother
Ananke	is the Orphic (non-Greek! UA) personification of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity	ana	mother
Anticleia, Anticles, Anticleides, Anticlus	many characters in mythology	antık-	to take an oath	+lV: with
Aoide ,Ἀοιδή Aoidḗ,	one of the three original Boeotian Muses in Greek mythology meaning song	ayıt-:	to say, to tell	no IE root
2x Ἀπάμα Apama	2 noble women in history; a Sogdian and a Syrian	apa ama	older mother, mother’s mother
Arachne	woman master in the art of weaving, later turned into a spider.	arqaq/arkag	weft, woof, warp	see Chuvash arla-  ̔to spin’
Arbaces	a Mede	arbak/arbag	spell, magic
Argo, Argos	names	Argu	an old Türkic tribe	meaning they who lives between the mountains (ara: place in between)
Argynnus	is a young and handsome boy from Boeotia	argun/argın	cross-bred horse	argı-: Kazak verb for running swiftly
Aribazus	Seleucid officer named Aribazus and attested as administrator of Cilicia in 246 BC was possibly of Persian descent	arı-: to clean	baş: head	Arıbaş a name that is 100% compatible with Türkic onomastics and in Use in Türkiye as family name
Arybbas Ἀρύββας /Ἀρύβας, Arybas	a king of the Molossians.	arı-: to clean	baş: head	Arıbaş a name that is 100% compatible with Türkic onomastics and in Use in Türkiye as family name
Artoces	King of Albanians (Caucasia)	Artuk	an old Türkic dynasty
Ascanius	name of many characters (for instance Son of Priamos)	Askan	great	asqa ~ aqsa: to hobble, limb; lame
Atabyrius	divinity of Rhodes, epithet of Zeus	ata: father	bugra: male camel
Atas	a Trojan prince, son of Priam	ata	father, ancestor
Ateporix	a dynast of the family of tetrarchs of Galatia	ata: father	bars: leopard
Athenokles	Athenocles (Greek: Ἀθηνοκλῆς) was an ancient Greek metalworker (toreut) of an unknown, probably Hellenistic, period.	Atın oğlu	Son of a horse	Atın oğlu is a male name that we can find in the legens/stories of Old Türks.  Atın Oğlu Dıraay Batır by Dolgan Türks or in a Ottoman-Türk story; it was also a nicknema in an earlier Anatolian Türk history. Mirrors also Son of the White Mare, Fehérlófia,a movie from Hungary.
Athenokles of Cyzicus	ancient grammarian and commentato	Atın oğlu	Son of a horse	Atın oğlu is a male name that we can find in the legens/stories of Old Türks.  Atın Oğlu Dıraay Batır by Dolgan Türks or in a Ottoman-Türk story; it was also a nicknema in an earlier Anatolian Türk history. Mirrors also Son of the White Mare, Fehérlófia,a movie from Hungary.
Atraces	The peoples of Aitolia are the Athamanes, the Tymphaei, the Ephyri, the Aenienses, the Perrhaebi, the Dolopes, the Maraces, and the Atraces, in whose territory rises the river Atrax by Pliny the Elder	Atrak	the name of a Kuman Dynast
Aule	„and in Arcadianterritory there is a shrine of Pan; Aule is the name of the place. Now any animals that take refuge there the god respects as suppliants and protects in complete safety „by Aelian	ağıl	animal shelter, fenced area
Axius	Vardar River and its deity	ak-	to flow

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