Kutalmış is a very rare masculine
Turkish given name. "Kutalmış" is composed of two words: "kut" and "almış". In Turkish, "Kut" means "life force", and/or "happiness" whereas "almış" means literally "(he/she) received", and/or "(he/she) took". Thus, "Kutalmış" means "who received happines (divine)", ""who received life force (from god)". In
Turkish mythology
Turkic mythology refers to myths and legends told by the Turkic people. It features Tengrism, Tengrist and Shamanism in Central Asia, Shamanist strata of belief along with many other social and cultural constructs related to the Nomad, nomadic a ...
, "Kut" also means "divine authority or power that a person (kağan) has received (blessed) from god". In this interpretation, "Kutalmış" means, "The ruler who is blessed and authorized by god to be the ruler".
Given name
*
Seljuk Kutalmısh, the son of Arslan Yabgu and a cousin of
Toğrül Bey (Toghrul Begh).
* Ahmet Kutalmış Türkeş, the son of
Alparslan Türkeş and MP of
Justice and Development Party.
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Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names