Strabo-words-with-a-possible-Turkic-etymology-part-I

 

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A list of words that could have a Türkic etymology in Strabo's Geography:

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Strabon'un Coğrafya'sında Türk kökenli olabilecek sözcüklerin listesi:

by Uzunbacak Adem!

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See the the second and the third parts here:

Strabo-words-with-a-possible-Turkic-etymology-part-II

https://uzunbacakadem.blogspot.com/2024/11/strabo-words-with-possible-turkic_76.html

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Original word	meaning	Türkic word	meaning	other info
Σαλγανεύς/Salganeus	A town called after the Boeotian who was the pilot of Xerxes I	Salgan/Salgın	sal-: to put, the build or to tax	Salgan: tax-collector?; salman could mean: be built
Ἴλιον/Ilion	The old name of the Troy	il	land, city
Solymians	peoples whose name is derived from Mount Solymus	sol	east (left)
Tauros	Mountain range	tau	mountain
Pelion	s a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece	bel	mountain pass, ridge
Gorgon	terrifying creatures	gorg/gork	to fear
Ortygia	is a small island which is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse, Sicily.	Otruk	island
Kyme	a city in Anatolia	kum	sand
Dikaiarcheia	Rione Terra: the first settlement of Puteoli, originally Dikaiarkhia in Greek.	dik: vertical	kaya: rock, mountain, slope
Acherusia	In Greek mythology, Acherusia (Ancient Greek: Ἀχερουσία λίμνη, romanized: Akherousía límnē or Ἀχερουσίς, Akherousís) was a name given by the ancients to several lakes or swamps, which, like the various rivers called Acheron, were at some time believed to be connected with the underworld, until at last the Acherusia came to be considered to be in the lower world itself.	akarsu	ak-: to flow, -ar: suffix, su: water
Baios	Helmsman of Odysseus	Bay	rich, numerous,	the city Baiae derived from him
Horse-herding Thracians		Horse Culture of the Türks		If IE historians accepts that the Türks were the leading nation in puncto Horse-herdind then they have to accepts that the Thracians were of Türkic origin.
Boreas and Zephyros	the Thracian winds	bora: cold wind	çewir/çevür-: to twist, to turn > a wind of the sommer that turns?	tornadoes occur primarily spring and summer, but can occur at any time of year with the right atmospheric conditions (Zephyros is stormy)
Tasos	an island	taš	stone
Imbros	an island	yambir	rain
Sam-othrake	an island	otrak/otruk	island	I have already written about this island in my blog
Acheloos	Thracian river	akığlığ	that that flows	I have already written about this island in my blog
Kytaia (page 74)	The example of the so-called ash hills in the cities of Myrmekion, Nymphaion and Kytaia on the Crimean peninsula is used to analyse time as a creative agent of urban communities. The ash hills were successively piled up mounds several metres high, made of layers of ash and clay, and containing thousands of animal bones and artefacts. The mounds were located in central areas of the settlements and lasted for long periods, usually centuries. Not only did they form a conspicuous part of the urban fabric, but their amorphous form also created an unusual environmental atmosphere.	kut-tağı	holy-hill	it was holy (but) because there were human-made hills full of animal bones and artifacts?
Issic Gulf	Iskenderun Gulf today	isig	hot, warm	See Issyk Köl, with a same meaning?
Salmydessos	was a coast-town of ancient Thrace, on the Euxine, a city of Thracian kings	sal-: many words with this root for denoting downward motion or hanging.	su: water
Colchis/Colchian	Georgia today	köl	lake	There are many wetlands (many lakes)
Themiskyra	the plain of the Amazons	temir? > iron, TAMIŞ: drop; TAMIŞ: s/he who says sth (and the people listens to him respectfully)	kir: 1 isolated mountain 2 mountain top, mountain ridge 3 steppe, desert, level ground 4 edge	Themiskyra has no etymology
Aidepsos	a city that contained warm baths sacred to Heracles,	ay: moon, düp: bottom, root	su: water
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Amisos	Samsun: lay between the river deltas of Halys and Iris	am: easy, quiet	su: water
pechéis	a measurement	bek/pek	firm, solid, stable	Proto Altaic *pĕ̀k`i
Oxos	well-known river	aksu	white water	ögüz: die Quelle
Carmania/Karmania	The Greeks knew that city as Caramani	Karaman	very dark	Kırman: very odd place (Kır: mountainous, rtc… see above), acc. to German wiki: Kerman hat eine lange Geschichte und war den Griechen unter dem Namen Karamani bekannt
Thapsakos	was an ancient town along the western bank of the Euphratesriver that would now lie in modern Syria.	tapsak	that that doesn’t taste good	other etymologies could exist. Tap- is a very old root (Altaic / Türkic) and +sak is a very old Türkic suffix.
Καρχηδών Karchēdṓn	Karthago	karşı	opposite	Proto-Türkic *kar-: 1 opposite 2 be opposite, meet 3 bandit; Proto-Altaic: *kàra ( ~ k`-): opposite, enemy
Bastarnians	a people	bastır-	to attack, to suppress	Like BASMIL or BASARAB (these are Türkic peoples)
Iapydia	A people called Iapydes came to Italy in 9th C. BC.	origin unknown		I have written about them in my blog and proposed that they are of Türkic origin: https://uzunbacakadem.blogspot.com/2023/02/iapydes-unknown-people-turkic-yabi-yabit.html or
Syrtes	A Libyan toponimi	sırt	hill, a higher ground
Ambrakian Gulf	a gulf in Greece today	Amrak	still, quiet
Kyriktike	Island Krk	Kurik: dry	koru-: to protect
Black Korkyra	"Next after them they came to Corcyra, where Poseidon settled the daughter of Asopus, fair-haired Corcyra, far from the land of Phlious, whence he had carried her off through love; and sailors beholding it from the sea, all black with its sombre woods, call it Corcyra the Black."[11]	korku	fear	<kork-: to be afraid of
Kalaureia	an island close to the coast of Troezen in the Peloponnesus of mainland Greece, part of the modern island-pair Poros.	Kalaur	guide
Ikaria	is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos.	yokaru	1 up, above 2 hill, elevation	a very rocky mountainous island. wiki says: The topography is a contrast between verdant slopes and barren steep rocks. The island is mountainous for the most part
Carambis	a river in Asia Minor	Kara	black
Tarsos	Today Tarsus Türkish city	tar: raft made of skins (Wooden raft)	su: water
Hamaxoikians	Wagon dwellers	Proto-Turkic: *K(i)aŋ Meaning: 1 vehicle, cart 2 skis, sleigh		Türks were wagon-dwellers. Further info: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2256312Osman Karatay’s article WHEELS AND CARTS OF THE ANCIENT TURKS IN A LINGUISTIC VIEW;………….WIKI SAYS: The Kang-chü, Kao-che, Gaoche or Kao-chü Ting-ling (chin. 高車, „high chariot/cart“) were an ancient Turkic people in East Asia in the 3rd century AD. Only known under the Chinese name Kao-che, they are usually equated with the ancient Dingling (丁零) and Kang and medieval Kipchaks.[1][2]
Alps	Mountain range	alp	difficult, severe (danger), hard, harsh
Zygii/Zygians	a nation to the north of Colchis	çik	fense, border
The Heniochi (Greek: Ἡνίοχοι)	an ancient tribe inhabiting northwest shores of Colchis(present-day Abkhazia,[note 1] northwestern Georgia) and some say Phasis area. Their country was called Heniocheia (Ancient Greek: Ἡνιοχεία).[1]			Türks were wagon-dwellers. Further info: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2256312 Osman Karatay’s article WHEELS AND CARTS OF THE ANCIENT TURKS IN A LINGUISTIC VIEW;………….WIKI SAYS: The Kang-chü, Kao-che, Gaoche or Kao-chü Ting-ling (chin. 高車, „high chariot/cart“) were an ancient Turkic people in East Asia in the 3rd century AD. Only known under the Chinese name Kao-che, they are usually equated with the ancient Dingling (丁零) and Kang and medieval Kipchaks.[1][2]
Tibaranikian	a people  (page 145)	temir?	Iron	>temren: temürgen (arrow and spearhead) actually the word Tiberanikien could be Temürgen
Tingiz	today Tanger	dengiz/dengir	sea
Onoba	an ancient city in Iberia (Huelva)	On-oba	ten-dwelling-places	There is an other Onoba (with the Turkish meaning) in Azerbaycan
<Os>sonoba	an ancient city in Iberia (Faro)	son-oba	the last dwelling place (the end of the dwelling places?)	Faro: the southernmost city and capital of the district of the same name, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal.[2]
Maenuba (Greek Mainoba)	an ancient city in Iberia (Cerro del Mar)	oba	dwelling place	for Maen- I dont have a proposal (bing? = 1000), bay? > bayin?
Toygenians	a people (Germanic?)	toy: young; toy: to be satiated	Toygun/Toygın: a bird of prey; Tuygun/Toygun a  Central Asian people > Tuyuhun (As a people on Orhun Stones)	toygun: a member of a Kurultay, Toygun could mean congressman.
Tigyrenians	a people (presumably Alpine people)	tegir-	to turn,	> tegerek: wheel, tire; circle
many cities with -polis	polis means city	bolıq	city
Sallyans	as far as the Drouentia River, the inhabitants for 500 stadia are the Sallyans	sal	rafter	sallı: s/he who with a sal
Trocmi/Trocmians	A celtic tribe	Türk/Türkmen
> Adobogonia	a princess of Trocmian dynasty	Adı bögü	her name is holy/magical
>Brogitaros	Adobogonia’s brother, a Galatian king	Bagatır	the villain, hero
Tektosagians	A celtic tribe	tek: only one	tašak: intestines; Cuman word tosak: inferno like Kyrgyz took: inferno; döšek: mattress
Tolistobogians	A celtic tribe	Töles/Tölis: A Central Asian Türkic federation	bögü: holy/magical
Cadurcians/Cadurci	A Gallic tribe	Kadır	hard, difficult	Kadırkan is a a forest in the Urheimat der Göktürks, Kadır is a name kof many heros in Türk history.
Burdigala	Bordeaux	kala/gala	a place to stay	kal-: to stay behind, remain
Parisians	a Celtic people	Bars	leopard
Iapodians (page 214)	A people (mixture Illirian/Celtic)	YABI	horse	I have already written about that issue on my blog
Taÿgetus	is a mountain range on the Peloponnesepeninsula in Southern Greece.	tay	mountain	Like Altay
Iapygian/Iapygia	a people on Italian Peninsula	yapig/yabaku	wool	I have already written about that issue on my blog
Ligyens	a people	elig/elik	ibex
Altinum	a city	altın	gold	al: reddish
Tyrrhenia	a region North Italy	Turan	a land where the Turks lived in Asia acc. to Iranians
Tarkon	a leader after whom the city of Tarquinia [was named]	tarkan	A Türkic title	> Priscus: (bir? the one, the first?) page 225
Porsinas	the king of the Clusians, a Tyrrhenian city	pars/bars	leopard	I have already written about that name on my blog
Ariccia	an ancient pre-roman town	arık	ditch, trench
Tamassos (page 256)	A Cypriot city with its copper mines near a small river	Tam-: to drop	su: water	tamar: vein (for metals?)
Sybaris River	A River on Italian Peninsula south	su: water	baris: bars: leopard
Page 263: Moreover, the daring of the Trojan women is known in many places and appears unbelievable although possible.				Trojan (women) should have been very different to other peoples because (in this case) the others found the daring of Trojan women unbelievable…
Pachynos	is a celebrated promontory of Sicily, forming the extreme southeastern point of the whole island, and one of the three promontories which were supposed to have given to it the name of "Trinacria".	bak-: to look, to watch	to watch around, to pay attention ( y very important point that was used to observe the enemy from the east side? (Greeks?)	Certainly Pre-Greek. (wiki)
Aigestes	Son of Trojans	ay: moon	geç-? (to pass) > AYGEÇTI	In the Aeneid, Acestes participates in a trial of skill in which he shoots his arrow which then bursts into flame as a sign from Jupiter of Acestes's deserved honor.
Aphrodite Erykina	epithet of Aphrodite	erykin ~ erkin	free, strong bei self
Aiolos	ruler of the winds	ay: moon	oglu: son
Herkynian Forest (later Ὀρκύνιος Orkunios)	Mittelgebirge	Orkun River	or-: to cut is maybe related to orman (Türk forest)	Ptolemy uses the name Orkunios, (we don’t know why) maybe he had heard of Orkhun Valley thru Türks
Iazygians	a nomadic people	yazig	steppe, plain	most probably a Türk nation
Abii	a Scythian tribe	Abı	A Old Türkic male name	Abı-: to hide, to cover up, Strabo adds: Abii who are nowhere on earth…
Kapnobatai	one of the names given to the Mysians of Thrace, meaning smoke-treaders	kap-/kapa-: to cover	a kapalı weather means like German „bedecektes Wetter“. That could be the link to this people. Where they lived the weather was always „covered“ with the fog.	bat-: to sink > batığ: swamp
Zalmoxis	a prophet of the Scythian, a learned man	sal-/çal-	to tell	the teller
Syrmos	A Thracian chieftain	sırı-	to sew tightly, quilt, smock
Gulf of Tamyrakos (or Karkinitos)	bay in Crimea	tamır	water canal, artery	tamır should be the another name of Karkinitos (I have shown the Türkic origin of Karkınıt on my blog). There is an other river in Phoenicia called Tamiras. Tamiras wa a Thracian bard in Greek Mythology
Taurians	A Scythian people	tau: mountain; er: man	Tau-eri: mountain men (Mountain people)
Kolos (page 306)	a kind of quadruped	kula	horse color, light brown on top and darker towards the bottom
Black Korkyra	a Dalmatian island	korku/gorku	fear	Like in Gorgon
Krobyzoi (Krobyzians)	A people (ethnos) south of the Ister river [Danube]. in Kallatis area	kır: 1 isolated mountain 2 mountain top, mountain ridge 3 steppe, desert, level ground 4 edge	obuz: water source; flat place, rough/uneven ground	Kallatis has „mineral waters of the springs in the northern part of the city, in the area of the beach between Saturn and Venus“ (wiki)
Kallatis	A city in Romania (Tomisovara)	kala	a castle
Odessos	a Milesian settlement	su	water
Bria	means "city" in Thracian	obı-yer	obrı/oprı: pit, stream	<opra-: become old, deteriorate
Tirizis	a fortified place that Lysimachos once used as a treasury	direš-	to resist	diri/tiri: lively
Salmydessos/Salmydessus	was a coast-town of ancient Thrace, on the Euxine, about 97 kilometres (60 mi) northwest of the entrance of the Bosporus.	sal-: to send	su: water	salma: taxes
Pelamydes	young of a kind of fish	bala	young, child
Kalybe	the city of the Asian	kal-:	to stay behind, remain
Pedasos Πήδασος	on the Satnioeis river,[6]said to be inhabited by a tribe called the Leleges.	su	water
Telebians	a people	tilbe/tilwe	the crazy
Ambracian gulf	in today’s Greece (west coast)	amrak	still, quiet
Tomaros: Mountain; Tomouroi: a people		Tomar: 1 block, log 2 to hack, hew 3 to break off, chip off	compare Greek τομή (tome): to cut (like in lobotomy)	Tomar-: to bleed; tom-: 1 round, convex 2 ball, smth. round 3 somersault 4 thick, bulging 5 to swell, Khakassian: tomɨr, tombɨr: 'blunt'

Mardians-Ouxians-Elymaians-Kossaians-an-their-Turkic-names

The Geography of Strabo

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 Strabo writes of four main bandit peoples around the Zagros mountains (today Iran):

 Mardians, Ouxians, Elymaians, and Kossaians.

The names of all these 4 can be explained Turkish.

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Mardians: Bardı from bar-: to come, to reach; to wander (around), +dı: suffix for the past tense >he/they who came, wandered, etc.

Ouxians: Okçu: simply Archers

Elymaianas: el: land, homeland, +im: possessive Suffix for 1. person singular, ay: moon     >my land (under) moon

Kossaians: there is a legend of the Kyrgyz Türks and in this legend there is a man named Kosay. This name was mentioned on the memorial stone of Kül Tigin as Koşu Tutuk.

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Strabon, Zagros dağları (bugünkü İran) civarında dört ana haydut halktan bahseder:

Mardian, Ouxian, Elymaian ve Kossayan.

Bu 4 kişinin hepsinin adı Türkçe olarak açıklanabilir.

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Mardianlar: Bardı, bar-: gelmek, ulaşmak; dolaşmak, gezmek, +dı: geçmiş zaman eki >varanlar, gezenler

Ouxianlar: Okçu: Okçular

Elymaianlar: el: ülke, vatan, +im: iyelik eki 1. tekil kişi, + ay: >benim (ayın altındaki) toprağım

Kossayanlar: Kırgız Türkleri efsanelerinde Kosay adında bir adam vardır. Bu isim Kül Tigin anıt taşında Koşu Tutuk olarak anılmıştır.

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Türks were there at the latest in the 3. century before Christ.

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So don't tell me the Türks came to word in the 6th Century at the same time with their script.

Türks are older than we think and accept.

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Türkler en geç İsa'dan önce 3. yüzyılda oradaydılar.

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Bu yüzden bana Türklerin 6. yüzyılda kendi yazılarıyla aynı zamanda dünyaya geldiğini söylemeyin.

Türkler düşündüğümüzden ve kabul ettiğimizden daha eskidir.

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Uzunbacak Adem 

Maiandros-Menderes-Bayindir

Strabo's Geography

Sırası geldi, atlamayalım!

It's time, let's not skip it!

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Strabon Maiandros/Μαίανδρος ırmağının adını anar, bu bizim Büyük Menderes.

> Kent Maiandroupolis: Bayındırbalık.

Strabon mentions the name of the Maiandros/Μαίανδρος river, our Büyük Menderes in West Türkiye.

> City Maiandroupolis: Bayındırbalık (balık means city in Old Türk language).

İkisi de adını aynı adlı ırmak tanrısından alır.

Both take their names from the river god of the same name.

Bu ad Türkçe Bayandur/Bayundur/Bayındır boy adı ile % 100 uyumludur.

Hem yer ve hem de özel ad olarak hala kullanılır.

This name is 100% compatible with the Turkish tribe name Bayandur/Bayundur/Bayındır.

It is still used as both a place and a proper name. Bayındır means 'the rich' (German: der wohlhabende).

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Şaşırtıcı değil mi?

Startling similarity!

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Uzunbacak Adem

Battle-cries-Ura-Oorah-Hurra-Hooray-Marha-Vurha

 

Türk cavalry / pic: wikipedia

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There are many battle cries that sound similar in Eurasian zone through history.

Those are: 

Ura, Hurra, Hooray, Oorah (U.S. Marine Corps whose roots are in Europe) and their versions.

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As etymology wiki proposes a German one but it is not sure about that. In the end it is a word of unknown origin.

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And

there is one, only one Sarmatian word that we know: Marha 

It is a battle cry that was recorded by Ammianus Marcellinus (4th C. CE) in his work "Res Gestate". 

We do not have any other words about the language of the Sarmatians. 

While Indo-European historiography assumes that Sarmatians were Indo-European (I don't know why), this one and only battle cry could help about that issue.

We know that the Türks used in ancient times the battle cry "Vur Ha" meaning "strike, c'mon" and all above could be derivatives of this word.

It is definitely not far-fetched.

Türks, who were always a power on the Eurasian steppes brought this battle cry to Europeans (> US Americans) and Russians or they took it easily because the Türk Cavalry was impressive and successful or let us say "the most impressive and the successful"...(In addition, European armies copied the Uhlan and Hussar units from the Turks, too.)

The Sarmatians surely had (at least several) Türk tribes (most probably the combatant elite was Türk) and that is why they cried MARHA and Ammianus understood it but wrote it with a slight difference down!

Vurha became Marha.

Yes, it is possible.

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TURKISH VERSION:

Avrasya bölgesinde tarih boyunca birçok savaş çığlığı vardır.

Bunlar şunlardır:

Ura, Hurra, Hooray, Oorah (kökleri Avrupa'da olan ABD Deniz Piyadeleri) ve versiyonları.

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Wiktionary Almanca bir köken önerse de bundan emin değil. Sonuçta kökeni bilinmeyen bir sözcüktür.

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Ve

bildiğimiz tek bir Sarmatça kelime var: Marha

Bu, Ammianus Marcellinus'un (MS 4. yüzyıl) "Res Gestate" adlı eserinde kaydettiği bir savaş çığlığıdır.

Sarmatların dili hakkında başka bir kelimemiz yok.

Hint-Avrupa tarih yazımı Sarmatyalıların Hint-Avrupalı ​​olduğunu varsaysa da (nedenini bilmiyorum), bize onların kökenini belirlemede bu tek ve biricik savaş çığlığı yardımcı olabilir.

Türklerin Antik Çağ'da savaş narası olarak "Vur Ha" kullandığını biliyoruz ve yukarıdaki bütün savaş naraları  bu kelimenin türevleri olabilir.

Kesinlikle abartılı değil.

Avrasya bozkırlarında her zaman bir güç olan Türkler, bu savaş narasını Avrupalılara (> ABD'li Amerikalılar) ve Ruslara getirdiler veya Türk Süvarileri etkileyici ve başarılı olduğu için ya da diyelim ki "en etkileyici ve başarılı" olduğu için kolayca aldılar... (Sadece bunlar değil. Avrupa orduları Uhlan ve Hussar birliklerini de Türklerden almışlardır). 

Sarmatların içinde kesinlikle (en azından birkaç) Türk kabilesi vardı (büyük olasılıkla savaşçı elit Türk'tü) ve bu yüzden VURHA diye bağırdılar ve Ammianus bunu anladı ama küçük bir farkla eserine yazdı: MARHA!

Vurha, Marha oldu.

Evet, bu olasıdır. 

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Uzunbacak Adem

Pylaios-ruler-of-the-Pelasgians-versus-Bulay-Han

 

Strabo the Geography

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There was a Pelasgian ruler called Πύλαιος/ Pylaios (Pylai-OS) whom Strabo mentions.

It sounded Turkish very quickly in my ears.

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There is a Bulay Han in the Stories of Dede Korkut, a Turkish story teller who told stories about Old Türks. 

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Another Türk-origined BULAY here:

"Kara Bulay, khan of the Pecheneg (Türk-origined people) tribe "Csoban" from the Don region, around the year 950. " Here Bulay could have been maybe a spring/well (like an Old Türkic word bulag).

I have found this name in a Romanian newspaper:

Link: Kara Bulay in Romania

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Pylaios/Pulayos without the Greek suffix -OS at the end could have been Türkic Bulay/Pulay (B ~ P change is no problem in Türk languages). Like we have seen above there Bulay could be easily a Türkic name.

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There was even a town in China's Türk region called BULAYIQ!

Link: BULAYIQ

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Pelasgians were not Hellenes and this name and its parallels to Türk history prove the possible origin of these!

Pelasgians were -at least partly- of Türk origin! 

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Uzunbacak Adem

Theophrastos-Tyrtamos-versus-Turkic-Tortamis

Strabon'un Coğrafyası 

Strabon Midilli Adası'nda Tyrtamos adlı birinin adını anar:

Strabon mentions the name of a philosopher: Tyrtamos

Bu adın Yunan öncesi zamandan kalıyor olması olası; Aristoteles değiştirmiş adını bu kişinin.

"Rastlantıya" bakın ki, Kuman kökenli Tortamış adlı bir yer adı var Gagavuzya'da. Adını kuran kişiden almış sanki:

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It is possible that this original name dates back to pre-Greek times; Aristotle changed his name/1

"By coincidence", there is a place name called Tortamış in Gagauzia, which is of Cuman origin. It seems that it got its name from the founder:

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Bu gibi Türkçe ritimli ve melodili adları duyunca hemen ararım www'de benzerini. Çoğunlukla da bulurum.

Yunanlılar da kendilerinden eski adları, Yunanca adlarla değiştirmiş tabii ki.

Kaynaklar:

Strabon'un Coğrafyası

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Prof. Dr. Hayriye Süleymanoğlu'nun yazısı: TORTAMIS

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When I hear such Turkish rhythmic and melodic names, I immediately search for a similar one on www. I usually find it.

The Greeks also changed the names older than themselves with Greek names, for a better understanding, of course.

Sources:

Strabo's Geography/1

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Prof. Dr. Hayriye Süleymanoğlu's article: TORTAMIS

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Uzunbacak Adem

Strabon-Polichna-Turkic-Balik

Strabo Geography

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Strabo Polichna adlı bir yerleşim yerinin adını anar.

Burası günümüzün İzmir Urla yakınındaki Balıklıova'sıdır.

Polichna Eski Türkçe kent anlamındaki BALIK sözcüğüne çok benzer. Sondaki +an ise Eski Türkçe çoğul eki olmalıdır (bakınız EREN, OĞULAN).

Sonradan Balıklıova adını tekrar bölgeye veren Türkler, oranın eski adını pek değiştirmemişler :)

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Strabo mentions the name of a settlement called Polichna.

This is today's Balıklıova near İzmir Urla.

Polichna is very similar to the Old Turkish word BALIK, meaning city. The +an at the end must be the Old Turkish plural suffix (see ER-EN, OĞUL-AN).

The Turks, who later renamed the region Balıklıova, did not change its old name much :)

Birçok Polichna var bu çevrede:

There are many Polichna in this area:

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Terme/Samsun/Türkiye - Statue of an Amazon

 

Themiscyra

Amazonların başkenti.

Şimdiki Samsun’un Terme ilçesi.

Themiscyra

The capital of the Amazons.

The Terme district of Samsun in Türkiye today.

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Bu kentin adının kökeni belli değil.

Benim önerim: Tengizkırı / Denizkırı

The origin of the name of this city is unknown.

My suggestion: Tengizkırı (Old Türkic) / Denizkırı (Modern Türkish), meaning 'Hills by the Sea'.

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Denizkırı’ndaki 2 sözcük de bu yer adı ile uyumludur.

The two words in toponym 'Denizkırı' are compatible with this place name.

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Türkiyemizde Kapıkırı ve Dazkırı, sondaki kır ile türetilen yer adlarından ilk aklıma gelenler. Yani Türkçe yer adı kurallarına uygun bir addır Themiscyra.

In Turkey, Kapıkırı and Dazkırı are the first place names that come to my mind that are derived from the word 'kır' at the end. In other words, Themiscyra is a name that complies with the rules of Turkish place names.

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Tengiz/deniz sözcüğünü İskit Deniz Tanrısı Thagimasades/Thamimasidas da görebiliriz.

Bu tanrıyı Herodot Grek Deniz Tanrısı Poseydon ile eş tutar.

We can also see the word Tengiz (sea) in the Scythian Sea God Thagimasades/Thamimasidas.

Herodotus equates this god with the Greek Sea God Poseidon.

This is a good hint, too!

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Strabon'un Coğrafyası 

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Strabon atları ufak Siginni adlı bir budunun adını anar: 

Strabon mentions the name of a tribe called Siginni whose horses were small:

Çok fazla bilgi yok elimizde ama hangi kültüre ait olduları söylenemiyor!

We do not have much information but it is not possible to say which culture they belonged to!

Link/Baglanti: About Siginni

Acaba atları ufak olan bu boy, İran'da 19. yüzyılın sonuna kadar bolca bulunan alageyik (sığın) mı yetiştiriyordu?

I wonder if this tribe with small horses raised/had to raise fallow deer (moose) which were abundant in Iran until the end of the 19th century?

Sığın

Ya da onların totem hayvanı mıydı sığın?

Or was moose their totem animal?

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Çok eski bir sözcük SIĞIN, diğer Altay dillerinde de görülüyor:

A very old word, SIĞIN, also seen in other Altaic languages:

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Türkçe'nin çeşitli ağızlarındaki biçimleri:

Forms in various dialects of Turkish:

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Neden olmasın?

Why not?

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Strabon - Coğrafya

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Strabon, Baktriya kenti "Zariaspa"dan söz eder.

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Strabon tells about the Bactrian city "Zariaspa".

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Wiki, etimolojisi hakkında şunları söyler:

"Balkh için daha eski bir isim veya şehrin bir kısmı için kullanılan bir terim, önemli Zerdüşt ateş tapınağı Azar-i-Asp'den[15] veya "altın renkli atlara sahip olmak" anlamına gelen bir Med ismi olan *Ζaryāspa'dan[16] türemiş olabilecek Zariaspa'ydı (Antik Yunanca: Ζαρίασπα)."

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Wiki tells about its etymology the following:

"An earlier name for Balkh or a term for part of the city was Zariaspa (Ancient Greek: Ζαρίασπα), which may derive from the important Zoroastrian fire temple Azar-i-Asp^[15] or from a Median name *Ζaryāspa-meaning "having gold-coloured horses".^[16]"

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"Altın renkli atlara sahip olan" adı büyük bir ipucudur.

Ahal-Teke adı verilen çok popüler bir Türk at ırkı vardır ve altın rengi tüyleri vardır. O bölgeden gelir.

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"Having gold-colored horses" is a great hint. 

There is a very popular Turkish horse breed called Akhal-Teke and it has golden hair. It comes from that region. 

Akal-Teke Horse Breed

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Wiki'nin "altın renkli atlar" hakkında söylediklerini kabul ettiğimizde, ZARIASPA için başka bir etimoloji önerebiliriz!

Türkçe SARI ve SIPA (2 yaşındaki tay) sözcüklerini birleştirelim:

SARISIPA: altın renkli tay anlamına gelir.

Bunun çok da uçuk olmadığını ve uyumlu oldugunu düşünüyorum.

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When we accept what wiki says about "the gold-colored horses" then we can propose an other etymology for that word ZARIASPA!

Türkic SARI means yellow/golden and SIPA means 2-year-old-colt.

SARISIPA means golden colt.

I think it is not far-fetched and compatible. 

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