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Post by Azadan Januspar on Jul 4, 2008 12:54:19 GMT 3
The title "Khoshnavaz" has Iranian etymology, any infos?
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jul 4, 2008 13:28:47 GMT 3
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Post by Temüjin on Jul 5, 2008 0:20:41 GMT 3
from what source (langauge) did you got that title from, i've never heard it before...
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Post by Azadan Januspar on Jul 5, 2008 1:25:14 GMT 3
I don't know I read it somewhere, and I was checking for it's reliability here. it is reported In Shahname and Muslim Bal'ami called this ruler Akonvar or something. besides there are more names with possible same etymologies like "Mirakula" and "Khingila".
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jul 6, 2008 0:06:48 GMT 3
Hmm is that the greatest ruler of the White Huns? His name is Aqshunvar or more probably Aq Suŋur ("White Falcon" in Old Turkic).
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Post by Azadan Januspar on Jul 7, 2008 12:02:21 GMT 3
I don't know if he was or not. Could you provide me with the sources for the name "Ak Sunghar" for him. besides what you said is similar to that of Bala'ami who himself took the name from Arabic text of Tabari and since Arabs weren't in direct contact with Hephtalites (at least when they had independent state) they surely transliterated the names from how it was spelled in Middle Persian.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jul 7, 2008 14:20:24 GMT 3
Tabarî gives the name of that White Hun ruler as Akh.sh.n.wâr (Zâkir Kadirî Ugan and Ahmet Temir wrote the name as Akhshnuar in their translation of Tabarî into Turkish). In is book Türk Millî Kültürü (Turkic National Culture), İbrahim Kafesoğlu states that his name was written in Roman (Byzantine) sources as Kun-kan and Kougkhas; thus, he claims that the original was Kün Qan (Sun Ruler) in Old Turkic.
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