Тъмоуторокань
Old East Slavic
Etymology
First attested in year 1084±16 as тъмꙋтороканѧ (tŭmutorokanę, Gsg). From earlier *Тъмѫторкань (*Tŭmǫtorkanĭ)[1] or directly[2] from Turkic tamantarkan, from [script needed] (taman) and ?𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣 (tarqan). Compare Byzantine Greek Ταμάταρχα (Tamátarkha).[3][4].
Noun
Тъмоуторокань (Tŭmutorokanĭ) m
- Tmutarakan
- Tmutarakan stone (1084±16):
- ⁙ въ лѣто ·ѕ҃·ф҃о҃ іні ѕ҃ глѣбъ кнѧзь мѣрилъ м по ледꙋ ѿ тъмꙋтороканѧ до кърчева ·л̈҃· и ·д҃· сѧже
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- (literally, “in year 6570 indiction 6 [1068] prince Gleb measured sea by ice from Tmutarakan to Kerch 10,000 and 4,000 [14,000] sazhen”)
- Tmutarakan stone (1084±16):
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
- Gsg: тъмꙋтороканѧ
See also
- тьма (tĭma, “10,000”)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Тмуторокань”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Hinc Šewc (2003), “Славянская метатеза плавных и процесс дезинтеграции праславянского”, in Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), issue 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 89
- John Doukas, editor (1070±11), “ταμάταρχα”, in Codex Parisinus gr. 2009 (in gkm), page 122, line 2
- John Doukas, editor (1070±11), “κάστρου τὰ μάταρχα”, in Codex Parisinus gr. 2009 (in gkm), page 117.5, line -8
Further reading
- Рыбаков, Борис (1964) Русские датированные надписи XI—XIV веков, Moscow: Nauka, page 9, 64
- Трубачев, Олег (2000) Из истории и лингвистической географии восточнославянского освоения, issue 5, Moscow: Nauka, page 9