From: george knysh
Message: 16940
Date: 2002-11-30
> --- In cybalist@..., george knysh <gknysh@...>*****GK: That's very interesting, Ravi. What is the
> wrote:
> > One of the major Scythian groupings mentioned by
> > Herodotus was that of the KATIAR. Scions of the
> > "second son" of Targitaos. Almost certainly
> "Nomadic"
> > Scythians (along with the TRASPIES). In our
> > collaborative efforts to understand and
> etymologize
> > the names of various 5th c. BC Scythian tribal
> > alliances, the KATIAR have so far proved elusive.
> So
> > my query is this: would it make any sense at all
> to
> > compare the name of these ancient folk to that of
> the
> > contemporary Iranian BAKHTIAR? If so, what would
> be
> > the relevant articulations? -AR? -IAR? -TIAR?
> >
>
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>
> Katiar, Kataria,
>
> are clan names still found in the Punjab and the
> Jats of North India.
>
> Ravi
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