From: cluster.user@yale.edu (Cluster User) Subject: Re: The Bulgars are Bulgars (Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars) Date: 09 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <370e87fa.33003186@news.yale.edu> References: <36ca073a.16343620@news.yale.edu> <36cca3ed.14676934@news.yale.edu> <36cca75c.15555467@news.yale.edu> <36cf2980.190197920@news.yale.edu> <36dee7fa.108219411@news.yale.edu> <36e40f21.4849643@news.yale.edu> <7c6hs4$va@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <36f6aeef.439178515@news.yale.edu> <7dajnt$ssk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7ei51h$4m5$1@news.ox.ac.uk> Organization: Yale University Newsgroups: sci.lang > KHONSA - a thief. A word Khonsa - a vicious person > explained as being a (Persian) > Bulgar one in codex > ‘Suidas’ (X c. AD), when Khonc - a plunder (Eastern > speaking about the laws Caucasian) > introduced by Krum. > can't find the persian word. the closest in new persian (in the dictioanry used by dobrev) is xu:n serd litt. "cold-blooded" in other places xu:nsa:z "murderer" - from xu:n = blood. volga bulghar: > KALI - a woman, a wife Kali - a woman, a wife > (Georgian) > the source of the volgabulghar word?