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Mari, Merya, Muroma — History of the Ethnonyms and Reconstruction of the Substrate Toponymy Languages [PDF]
The old hypothesis on the relatedness of Merya languages (today we can speak about a group of languages or dialects reconstructed on the basis of substrate toponymy of Central Russia: Merya of Rostov, Merya of Kostroma, and Merya of Murom also known as ...
Vladimir V. Napolskikh +1 more
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oward the History of Tatars of Inner Asia: An Attempt to Identify Tribal Names
Research objectives: This article attempts to correlate the names of the tribes of the Tatars mentioned in both the “Secret History of the Mongols” and Rashīd ad-Dīn al-Ṭabīb’s “Jāmī al-Tawārīkh”.
Nanzatov B.Z., Tishin V.V.
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Zamucoan ethnonymy in the 18th century and the etymology of Ayoreo
This study presents new data on Zamucoan ethnonymy and solves an etymological problem concerning the term Ayoreo. The earliest documented Zamucoan language is Old Zamuco, spoken in the 18th century in the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos and close to present-
Luca Ciucci
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Bayïrqu and Barγu: Deconstructing One Myth [PDF]
In academic and unspecialized literature related to the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Buryats, the two ethnonyms Bayïrqu ~ Bayarqu, known in the Old Turkic period, and Barγu ~ Barqu, first recorded in the early 13th century, have been commonly ...
Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin
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Tatars of Inner Asia in the 8th–12th centuries: Some Issues of Historical Geography
Research objectives: This article discusses issues related to the historical geography of the carriers of the Tatar ethnonym in Inner Asia from the eighth to the twelfth century.
Tishin V.V., Nanzatov B.Z.
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Etymological Notes on the Ethnonymy of the Lower Yenisei
The article discusses the etymology of several ethnonyms and tribal names of the peoples of the Taimyr Peninsula and the Lower Yenisei region. It searches for the origin of the ethnonym Yuraki which is presently used as the name and self-name of the East
Valentin Yu. Gusev
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In this review article, the author summarizes the views expressed in the collected papers of several authors and articulates his own vision on a specific topic.
Golovnev A.V.
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T. S. Eliot provides three categories — the familial, the particular, and the secretive — to delineate the naming of cats in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats; however, the poet’s categories fail to explain completely his onomastic decisions.
Dorothy Dodge Robbins
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Revisiting the Etymology of the Ethnonym Mordva
The Russian term for the Erzya and Moksha Peoples, Mordva, attested since the 12th century, is an exoethnonym with no roots in the Mordvinic languages.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Napolskikh +1 more
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Le nom propre berbère (modèle tachelḥit) Réflexion générale sur ses caractéristiques de base
Although this study is devoted to Berber onomastics in general, it intends to take a particular interest in the Berber proper name, and especially that carried by the Berber Chleuhs of the Anti-Atlas, whose language is tachelḥit.
Lahcen Daaïf
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