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Ghalghaï
Ghalghaï ( inh, ГIалгIай, ) is the self-name of the Ingush people that has an ancient origin. It is most often associated with the term "ghala" (''гIала'') - tower/fortress and accordingly is translated as the people/inhabitants of towers/fortresses. Some scholars associate it with the ancient Gargareans and Gelaï mentioned in the 1st century in the work of the ancient historian and geographer Strabo. In Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ... sources, in the form of Gligvi, it is mentioned as an ethnonym that existed during the reign of Mirian I, as well as the ruler of Kakheti Kvirike III. In Russian sources, "Ghalghaï" first becomes known in the second half of the 16th century, in the form of "Kolkans"/"Kalkans", "Kolki"/"Kalki", "Kalkan peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gligvi
Gligvi ( ka, ღლიღვი, tr) is a medieval ethnonym used in Georgians, Georgian, Russians, Russian and Western European sources in the 16th-19th centuries. The ethnonym corresponds to the self-name of the Ingush, Ghalghaï. History Gligvi are mentioned in Georgian sources as an ethnonym that existed during the reign of Mirian I of Iberia, Mirian I in II century BC, as well as the ruler of Kakheti Kvirike III of Kakheti, Kvirike III i.e. in XI century. Gligvi were also mentioned in a document of Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Vakhtang VI in 1729. Vakhushti Bagrationi wrote that the country of Dzurdzuketi (Durdzuketi) consists of Kisti, Dzurdzuki and Gligvi, of which the latter are located the more east of the three, i.e. north of Tusheti. References Bibliography * * * * * * {{Cite book, last1=Волкова, first1=Н. Г., last2=Анчабадзе, first2=Ю. Д., editor-last=Симченко, editor-first=Ю. Б., year=1993, url=http://apsnyteka.org/2941-anchabad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghalghaï (Gligvi) On D'Anville's Map In 1751
Ghalghai ( inh, pl. ГIалгIай, , sg. ГIалгIа, ) is the self-name (endonym) of the Ingush people. There's no consensus among scholars on the etymology of the ethnonym as there exists different theories and speculations on its etymology. However, it is most often associated with the word "ghalā" (''гIала''), meaning "tower" or "fortress" and the plural form of the suffix of person, "gha" (''гIа''), thus, translated as "people/inhabitants of towers". It is also associated by some scholars with the ancient Gargareans and Gelae (Scythian tribe), Gelae mentioned in the Classical antiquity, classical sources. In Georgians, Georgian sources, the ethnonym is mentioned in the form of Gligvi as an ethnonym during the reign of Mirian I of Iberia, Mirian I, as well as the ruler of Kakheti Kvirike III of Kakheti, Kvirike III. In Russian sources, "Ghalghai" first becomes known in the second half of the 16th century, in the form of "Kalkans/Kolkans", "Kalkan people". Morphol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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