Tomrîğa

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Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tomiris (Tomrî or Tom-Reyis), the queen of messengers whose name is also known under the Persian form Tahm-Rayiş (تَهم‌رَییش), who lived in the 6th century BC and fought with the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great.

Noun[edit]

Tomrîğa

  1. (Dobruja) Dobruja, Scythia Minor

References[edit]

  • Tatarşa — Kazakşa Sózlík, Taner Murat, CreateSpace, Charleston, SC, USA, 2011, →ISBN