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Post by Azadan Januspar on Nov 12, 2008 1:01:42 GMT 3
Black sea or Pontos Axeinos (Euxeinos) a greek pair of words has an Iranian etymology. The word pontos means Sea in Greek but the second word has Avestan origin ; it is axshaēna ( in which a is the negative prefix + xshaēna means "clear, bright) meaning not clear.
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Post by sarmat on Nov 12, 2008 1:18:05 GMT 3
Ðüíôïò Åὔîåéíïò means hospitable sea in Greek. "Iranian ethymology" is just an unconfirmed hypo. More over Axeinos and Euxeinos are actually two different words in Greek. Axeinos unlike Euxeinos means inhospitable.
According to the legend the Sea was inhospitable to Greeks when they first entered it and they called it Axeinos (inhospitable) first, but then the name was quickly changed to Euxeinos (hospitable) and that name remained.
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Post by Azadan Januspar on Nov 13, 2008 4:07:09 GMT 3
It also has to be noted that the consonat "x" in the Greek form has the pronounciation of /x/ as of in Khazar. And it was "axein" before changing into "euxin" which makes it closer to "axshaēna".
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Nov 13, 2008 10:23:27 GMT 3
Are you sure it's pronounced that way?
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Post by Temüjin on Nov 13, 2008 20:27:10 GMT 3
i always thought "X" in Greek is like "KS", like Alexandros. actually, i'm pretty sure it's 'ks'.
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Post by sarmat on Nov 14, 2008 0:19:46 GMT 3
I think you're right.
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Post by Azadan Januspar on Nov 14, 2008 3:08:05 GMT 3
In the book by Dr.Bahram Faravashi, Iranvej, University of Tehran publications. he tells of the change in variation of the "x" axein into other languages and later times euxin.Ok I m gonna check the validity of the pronunciation of "x" myself.
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