T is for Tanrıvermiş
March 15, 2015 1:28 PM   Subscribe

Does anyone know the etymology of the Turkish name Tanrıvermiş? In particular, is it etymologically Turkic, or does it have an Arabic or Persian root?
posted by yarntheory to Writing & Language (3 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: I'm not an expert: my Turkish is extremely limited, and I haven't encountered that name. But it means—as you may know already?—'god-given', and both elements (tanrı, god, and vermek, to give) are of Turkic derivation, according to Sevan Nişanyan's Turkish etymological dictionary. (I'm presuming the abbreviation ETü means eski türkçe, old Turkish.)
posted by lapsangsouchong at 3:11 PM on March 15, 2015 [1 favorite]


Most Muslim Turks didn't take last names until 1934, and were required to adopt Turkish words for the names they chose.
posted by Theiform at 4:20 AM on March 16, 2015


Response by poster: I originally found Tanrıvermiş as a given name in Istanbul in 1455, so it definitely predates the 20th century!
posted by yarntheory at 4:52 AM on March 16, 2015


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