Tomris
| Tomris | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Iranian, Turkic |
| Region of origin | Turkey, Kazakhstan |
| Other names | |
| Derived |
Eastern Iranian: تهمرییش Tahm-Rayiš Turkic: Tamyr |
| Usage | Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
Tomris is a Turkic female name used in Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. The name is a modern Turkish derivation of Tomyris (Eastern Iranian: تهمرییش Tahm-Rayiš),[1] an ancient Iranian Massagetae queen from Central Asia or from the Turkic root temür/tamyr/temir (Old Turkic: temir - "demir")[2] meaning iron, and a common Turkic name in history and current day.
People
- tr:Tomris Giritlioğlu, a Turkish film director.
- tr:Tomris İncer, a Turkish actress.
- tr:Tomris Uyar, a Turkish writer and translator.
- tr:Tomris Oğuzalp, a Turkish actress.
- tr:Tomris Çetinel, a Turkish actress.
References
- ↑ For the etymology see: F. Altheim und R. Stiehl, Geschichte Mittelasiens im Altertum (Berlin, 1970).pp. 127–8
- ↑ Adolf Erman: Archiv fur wissenschaftliche Kunde von Russland, Book 1, Reimer, 1968, pp.386
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