Batu is a common masculine Central Asian name. It is also written as باتو.
In Turkish, "Batu" means "Prevailing", and/or "Preponderant". It also connotes "The West" since "Batu" resembles the word "Batı" which means "west" in Turkish.
In Mongolian, "Batu" means firm/stable.
In Malay and Bahasa Indonesia, "Batu" means rock, stone or boulder.
Real People
Given name
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Saru Batu Savcı Bey,
Ertuğrul's eldest son and older brother of
Osman I and Gündüz
see Turkish Wikipedia article.
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Batu Khan
Batu Khan ( – 1255),, ''Bat haan'', tt-Cyrl, Бату хан; ; russian: хан Баты́й was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis Khan. ...
, Mongol ruler and founder of the
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fr ...
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Batumöngke Dayan Khagan
Dayan Khan ( mn, Даян Хаан; Mongol script: ; ), born Batumöngke ( mn, Батмөнх; ), (1472–1517) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1479 to 1517. During his rule, he reunited the Mongols under Chinggisid sup ...
, 15th century Mongol khagan.
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Osman Batur(1899-1951), Kazakh-Turkic warrior who fought against the Chinese and Russians in East-Turkestan.
Entertainment
* Batu Çetin, founder and vocalist of
Cenotaph
* Pelin Batu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelin_Batu - author, actress, historian, and television personality.
Surname
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İnal Batu, a Turkish diplomat.
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Pelin Batu, a Turkish actress and television personality.
Turkish masculine given names
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