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Etruscan D

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

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. D harfiyle devam ediyoruz. 

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

Topostext Name	Info	Türkic word	Info	Other Info
Dactyls	were the archaic mythical race of male beings associated with the Great Mother, the Dactyls of Mount Ida in Crete invented the art of working metals into usable shapes with fire (dactylos means fingers)	teg-: to touch (it is meaningful, if we think the the hand touches (dactyl: finger)	On the other hand the verb tak- to bind to, to attach to in Türkic	art of working metals was very common among Türks.
many names beginning with Damar….	a boxer, a woman, etc	tamar/damar	artery; root	see also tomar: block, log and to break off, chip off
Damasus	person in the Iliad (und an other character)	Damsız	roof. wall, hut (less)	+sız means ‚+less‘
Damocles	a courtier in the court of Dionyssos	dam:	roof. wall, hut (less)	okle ~ogul: son + possessive suffix +u * Also the name Dionyssos is a very interesting name, compare Türkic Dengiz meaning see, ocean (like in the Mongolian version Chingis)
Dandamis	Indian philosopher in Alexander’s Era, his temporary	tanta-mış	to hit	the suffix mVş is veri popular in Türkic onomastics like in the names Tuğrulmuş, Almış, Ulaşmış, Kanmış
Daplidice	daughter of Danaus	tapla-: to like, to love	passive making suffix +dVk	she who was liked/loved
Dapyx	Dapyx was a 1st-century BC chieftain of a Getae tribe or a tribe union in Scythia Minor (nowadays in Dobruja).	tapık	front man, a chieftain
Dasius Altinius	an Italian officer in the 2nd Punic war	Altun taş / Altuntaş	golden stone, meaning „a strong and valuable person“	there are people and towns with that name in Türkish history; this name is still in use as family name in Modern Türkiye
Dasyllius	epithet of Dionyssos	Taşlu	a male name in Ottoman Türkish era
Daulia	a place acc. to Ptolemaeus	tau	Mountain
Degmenos	An archer of Epeian origin	tegme: to get in touch, contact (also in war)	? tegmen: he who attacks much
Derinoe	an Amazone	Derin-ay	Deep-moon	derin: also boundless
Dionyssos/Dionyssius/Dionys…	many persons with that name	deniz/dengiz	sea, ocean
Doryklus	many characters have this name	toruk/doru	a brownish color of a horse	+ suffix +lV meaning „with“, „who has“
Drugeri	A Thracian tribe	otruk: island	er: men
Dynamene	a nereid	ene	mother
Dyracchus	a character	Durak	a very Türkic name	meaning „he should stay with us“, because this family ha lost many children that is why the name probably

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