Тъмоуторокань

Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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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

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Тъмоуторокань (Tŭmutorokanĭm

  1. Tmutarakan
    • Tmutarakan stone (1084±16):
      ⁙ въ лѣто ·ѕ҃·ф҃о҃ іні ѕ҃ глѣбъ кнѧзь мѣрилъ мо по ледꙋ ѿ тъмꙋтороканѧ до кърчева ·л̈҃· и ·д҃· сѧже
      ⁙ vŭ lěto 6f:o: ini dz: glěbŭ knęzĭ měrilŭ mo po ledu otŭ tŭmutorokanę do kŭrčeva ·l̈:· i 4 sęže
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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”)

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

  • Gsg: тъмꙋтороканѧ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Тмуторокань”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Hinc Šewc (2003) “Славянская метатеза плавных и процесс дезинтеграции праславянского”, in Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 89
  3. ^ John Doukas, editor (1070±11), “ταμάταρχα”, in Codex Parisinus gr. 2009[1] (in Byzantine Greek), page 122, line 2
  4. ^ John Doukas, editor (1070±11), “κάστρου τὰ μάταρχα”, in Codex Parisinus gr. 2009[2] (in Byzantine Greek), page 117.5, line -8

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