Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> Sorry, I meant to say, "as one of thirteen peoples".
> The
> version of the list I've seen includes the following
> ethnonyms:

****GK: I'll put the names from my Artamonov list next
to yours for purposes of comparison*****

Avgar[AUGAR], Sabir[SAV/B/IR], Burgar[BURGAR],
Alan[NOT THERE, BUT HEADING THE LIST BEFORE "AUGAR" IS
SOMETHING CALLED "AUNGUR"], Kurtargar[KURTAGAR],

> Avar[AVAR],
> Hasar[XAZAR], Dirmar[DIRMAR], Sirurgur[SIRIGUR],

Bagrasir[BAGRASIK], Kulas[KULAS], Abdel[ABDEL] and

> Hephtalit[EPHTALIT]. The Ephthalites (a.k.a. the

Hephthalites

> or White
> Huns) are somewhat enigmatic. There are various
> theories
> about their ethnic and linguistic position
> (Turkic?), though
> there may have been a number of Sakas among their
> upper
> class at one time or another.
>
> I've never heard of <-mar> as an Iranian ethnonymic
> suffix.
> Any examples?

*****GK: I'll look up Maenchen-Helfen and get back to
you on this in a couple of days.*****

>
> Piotr
>
>

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