Madjars
The Madjars or Madi-yar people are a Turkic ethnic group in Kazakhstan. They number about 1,000–2,000 and live mostly in the Kostanay Region. They are predominantly Muslim.
Ethnonym
[edit]Turkologist scholar Dr. Imre Baski claims that the ethnonym Madjar means 'faithful Muslim', literally 'friend or follower of Muhammad', ultimately from Muhammad-i-yar.[1]
"Madi-yar that proved to be a compound anthroponym (Madi[y]-yar) of Arabic-Persian origin. The paper also provides the explanation of the anthroponyms Aldi-yar (’Allah’s friend/follower’) and Ḫudi-yar (’God’s friend/follower’), the “relatives” of Madi(y)-yar (’Muhammad’s friend/follower’)".[2]
While Madjars have been onomastically linked to the Magyars (Hungarians), Imre Baski argues that because it developed from the name Muhammad-i-yar, the Kazakh clan name Madi-yar "cannot possibly be linked to the Magyar ethnonym and thus cannot serve as proof for a relationship between Madiyar and Magyar."[3]
Genetics
[edit]Proponents of the view that Madjars are linked to the Magyars (Hungarians) include supporters of "Hungarian Turanism", such as András Zsolt Bíró, who noticed the high frequency of Y-DNA Haplogroup G-M201 among Madiyars and its presence amongst Hungarians. The study concluded that, based on haplogroup frequency, the Madiyars were genetically closer to Hungarians than to their geographic neighbours.[4]
Footnotes
[edit]- ↑ Imre, Baski. "The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?". Csodaszarvas III. Molnár Kiadó. pp. 189–208. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ Baski, Imre. "A kazak madijar nemzetségnév és a magyar népnév állítólagos közös eredetéről" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ Imre, Baski. "The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?". Csodaszarvas III. Molnár Kiadó. pp. 189–208. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ Biro, A.; Zalan, A.; et al. (2009). "A Y-Chromosomal Comparison of the Madjars (Kazakhstan) and the Magyars (Hungary)". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 139 (3): 305–10. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20984. PMID 19170200.
Bibliography
[edit]- Nándor Dreisziger. 2011. "Genetic Research and Hungarian 'Deep Ancestry'": p. 3.
- D. Vanek, et al." 2009. "Kinship and Y-Chromosome Analysis of 7th Century Human Remains: Novel DNA Extraction and Typing Procedure for Ancient Material". Croatian Medical Journal, 50:3, pp. 286–95.
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