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

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. B harfiyle devam ediyoruz. 

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


Topostext Name 

Info

Türkic word

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Other Info

Bacchae, Baccheus, Bacchi

all related to Dionysos (Deniz)

bak-

to look at (to a show)

See Baksı:  musicians, given the role of music in healing and in celebrating weddings, births, and other important life events

Bacis

was a title originally applied to any one of a class of ecstatic seers

bak-

to look 


Bagaios

name of many characters

baga

a commander of small rank

a title in many names like Baga Tarkan

Bagas

a male name in Punica by SILIUS ITALICUS

baga

a commander of small rank

a title in many names like Baga Tarkan

Bagodaras

a Mede

bagatur

a hero

a 100% compatible name/rank/nickname

Baius

steersman of Odysseus in later Greek mythology

bay

master, Herr, rich, 

a nickname in Türkic history like Bay Buga, Bay Temür

Bakcheios

epithet of Dionysus

Baksı

musicians, given the role of music in healing and in celebrating weddings, births, and other important life events


Barsine

2x women in Alexander Era

bars: leopard

barçın/barçin: silk, velvet

It shows the existence of  Türkish descents with Türkish names 4th C BC 

Basias

an Arcadian 

başı

baş: the head of something like in Headquarters

başı must have been „the head of something“ like in Sübaşı: head of the soldiers

Basileia

royal palace by Isidoros of Charax, Parthian Stations; Basileios a royal river by Strabo; Basileus the name of many men; epithet of Zeus

başlı

from baş: head, the first, the chieftains

başlı: literally they "with head“

Basilidae

a Sarmatian people 

başlı-tau

a mountain with a head 

başlıdağ: a typaical name for a mountain in Türkish 

Basilocles

a character by Plutarch

oklı

the son of (here başlı)

>the son of a royal

Bata

a harbor in Sinope

bat-

to sink

Batak/Batık: swamp

Bateia

was the daughter or (less commonly) the aunt of King Teucer

Batay

a name in many Türkish dialects

100% compatible with Türkic onomastics

Bathynias

The Bathynias (Ancient Greek: Βαθύνιας) was a river of ancient Thrace that emptied itself into the Propontis not far from Byzantium. This river is probably the same as the one called Bathyrsus by Theophanes, and Bithyas by Appian.

Bat-

to sink > batak: swamp

Today Sazlıdere (Reedy stream)

Bato 

name of many men especially name of 2 Illirian cheiftain

Batu

a Mongolian/Türkic name

Batu Han: the grandson of Chingis

Batrachus 2x

A Spartan sculptor and an other character

Batrak

banner, flag

There is a character in Türkic history called BATRA KIZ (7th C AD)

Battus/Battos

name of many characters in mythology, especially of 2 kings

Batu

a Mongolian/Türkic name

Batu Han: the grandson of Chingis

Belendi

ancient people of Gallia

Berendi

a Türkic tribe


Perisades

probably a son of Cotys, th e Thracian ruler; also Parisades? 

pars-ata

Leopard father


Bodiontici

a Gallic tribe

bodun

people

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Boreas (Borras)

cold north wind

bora

north wind


Botres Βότρης

was a Theban son of Eumelus and grandson of Eugnotus

batur

hero


Bortrys

name of many characters

batur

hero


Bouzyges

mythical Athenian inventor of plowing

buzagu

calf


Budionoi

ancient Scythian tribe

bodun/budun

people, tribe


Buzygae

Atehian preistly family

buzagu

calf


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