Re: Dracula and his family

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From: g
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Subject: [tied] Re: Dracula and his family
On Tuesday, January 27, 2004, Joao wrote:
> What is the meaning of Romanian personal name MIRCEA? And RADU? And
> BESARAB?
> Joao SL
> Rio
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Basarab is assumed to be a Cuman name (the Cuman
Turks AFAIK also belonging to the Oguz Turkish branch).
If so, then it is supposed to have been Bassaraba:
the suffixes -aba and -oba "father", as are ben &
ibn in Arabic and Persian names.
The founder of the South Romanian ruling dynasty was
a Cuman known as Tugomir or Tihomir or
(Latinized in Hungarian diplomas & chronicles as)
Thocomerius Bassaraba.
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The only document where the name of Basarab's father is listed is a Latin
document from 26.11.1332 where exists: Basarab, filium Thocomerii.
From here Basarab, the son of Thocomerius.
The Latin form Thocomerius is more close to Toctomerie a cuman name
[see http://www.itcnet.ro/history/archive/mi2000/current7/mi28.htm
and http://www.itcnet.ro/history/archive/mi2000/current8/mi53.htm%5d.
then to Tugomir or Tihomir [slav name].
Don't you agree ?

S o r i n

P.S. In fact, we cannot be 100% certain that the guy was a cuman OR only a
person having a cuman name.