Tomris

Tomris
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Iranian
Region of origin Turkey, Kazakhstan
Other names
Derived Eastern Iranian: تهم‌رییش Tahm-Rayiš
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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.

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References

  1. For the etymology see: F. Altheim und R. Stiehl, Geschichte Mittelasiens im Altertum (Berlin, 1970).pp. 127–8