Tuesday, September 3, 2013

ETHNOGENESIS OF KARTVELIAN SURNAMES, PART I

Now let's do a contrary thing: let's take a list of existing Georgian surnames, ending with -SHVILI or -DZE, and see if their roots exist in form of toponyms anywhere. For example, the list of Tiflis province soldiers in the WWI, starting with 'B':
http://www.svrt.ru/1914/tiflis/1914-tiflis-b.pdf

The toponyms, found thus, are split by countries:

India:
Bagali, Badaga, Baziera, Baysana, Barbaka, Basela, Basila, Batila, Batuna, Batura, Begana, Barana, Baindura

Africa:
Babela (Congo), Babila* (Guinea), Bazura (Ethiopia), Bakara (Somali), Bakola (Central Africa), Barama (Gabon), Barata (Kenia), Batna (Algeria), Bakhbakha (Tunisia)

* - also has toponymic relation to Milan region in Italy

Romania:
Babana, Balea, Balota

Others:
Bachina (Ukraine or Croatia), Batanisa (Jordan), Balantzara (Venetia), Bautka (Kurland), 

Now letter 'M':

India & Pakistan:
Magala, Magara, Mamada, Mamoda, Mamukila, Matia, Makhara, Mekoka

Africa:
Madzamana (Comores), Mazuna (Algeria), Mamula* (Nigeria), Manzula (Sudan), Mariba (Ruanda), Mereba (Eritrea), Musula (Numidia)

* - may also relate to an island in the Adriatic Sea

Greece::
Mazia

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