Otto Maenchen-Helfen (The World of the Huns,
University of California Press 1973, p. 453, n. 62)
relies on earlier analyses by Tomaschek (SB Wien 1888,
p. 17) and Markwart (Osteuropaeische und ostasiatische
Streifzuege, 1903, p. 356) to argue that Iranian "mar"
(men, people) is used as a compounding element in
ethnonyms. The examples offered are Dirmar ("from the
Syrian list of 555") and Itimar (from Priskos and
Jordanes). As for Jord. this likely refers to the
following passage:
"mox ingentem illam paludem transierunt, ilico
Alpidzuros, Alcildzuros, Itimaros, Tuncarsos et
Boiscos, qui ripae istius Scythiae insedebant, quasi
quaedam turbo gentium rapuerunt." (GET. XXIV)
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