Hephthalite

English +s Alternative forms en Ephthalite en Haital Haithal via Arabic Etymology Hypercorrect respelling of en Ephthalite, with unetymological initial h-, from en la Ephthalītēs, from en grc Ἐφθαλίτης, from grc 1 xbc:Ηβοδαλο grc:-ίτης. Noun en historical Any of a people who comprised a nomadic confederation in Central Asia during the 5th–6th centuries CE. en White Hun en 1999 B. A. Litvinsky 6: The Hephthalite Empire B. A. Litvinsky; Zhang Guang-Da; R. Shabani Samghabardi History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume III: The crossroads of civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750 Motilal Banarsidass Publishers https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FcKtIPVQ6REC&pg=PA135&dq=%22Hephthalite%22%7C%22Hephthalites%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF2InT-bHjAhUimeYKHdZNCMgQ6AEINjAD#v=onepage&q=%22Hephthalite%22%7C%22Hephthalites%22&f=false 135 From the mid-fifth to the mid-sixth century Central Asia was ruled by the Hephthalite tribes. There are many gaps in our knowledge of the origin of the Hephthalites and the formation of their state, the first difficulty being that they are given different names in the various sources. en 2007 Adesh Katariya Ancient History of Central Asia: Yuezhi origin Peoples Adesh Katariya https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ihFUDAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA158&dq=%22Hephthalite%22%7C%22Hephthalites%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF2InT-bHjAhUimeYKHdZNCMgQ6AEIRjAG#v=onepage&q=%22Hephthalite%22%7C%22Hephthalites%22&f=false 158 F. Altheim assumes a Turkic origin for the Hephthalites. In his own studies he affirms, that the Hephthalites were Turkic-speaking Altaic tribes. The ethnonym "Hephtal" is drawn from the Turkic root: yap, meaning to do, to make, plus a verbal-nominal suffixes t and l. The reconstructed word is yap-t-il, which means "creator, maker" ("Schaffender, Tatiger"). The language of the Hephthalites was Turkic and the presence of the Iranian words is explained by elements that penetrated the Hephthalites language from the subordinated Iranian-speaking population. 2009, Barbara A. West, "Hephthalites", article in Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania, Infobase Publishing (Facts on File), page 276, The Hephthalites probably began their history as a nomadic people, moving across the Asian steppes when political, military, or social situations favored their movement. Derived terms en Hephthalitic Translations any of a Central Asian people who were in nomadic confederation during the 5th–6th centuries Armenian: hy հեփթաղ Azerbaijani: az eftalit Bulgarian: bg ефталит m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 嚈噠, cmn 嚈哒 Yèdá, cmn 挹怛 Yìdá, cmn 挹闐 Yìtián Finnish: fi hefthaliitti French: fr Ephthalite mfbysense Greek: el Εφθαλίτης m Ancient Greek: grc Ἐφθαλίτης m Hindi: hi श्वेत हूण m Italian: it eftalita mfbysense Latin: la Ephthalītēs m, la Ephthalīta m Russian: ru эфтали́т m Spanish: es heftalita Swedish: sv heftalit c Turkish: tr Eftalit Ukrainian: uk ефталі́т m Uzbek: uz eftalit Adjective Of or relating to the Hephthalites. en Hephthalitic en 1999 B. A. Litvinsky 6: The Hephthalite Empire B. A. Litvinsky; Zhang Guang-Da; R. Shabani Samghabardi History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume III: The crossroads of civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750 Motilal Banarsidass Publishers https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FcKtIPVQ6REC&pg=PA135&dq=%22Hephthalite%22%7C%22Hephthalites%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF2InT-bHjAhUimeYKHdZNCMgQ6AEINjAD#v=onepage&q=%22Hephthalite%22%7C%22Hephthalites%22&f=false 135 From the mid-fifth to the mid-sixth century Central Asia was ruled by the Hephthalite tribes. There are many gaps in our knowledge of the origin of the Hephthalites and the formation of their state, the first difficulty being that they are given different names in the various sources. Translations of or relating to the Hephthalites French: fr ephthalite Russian: ru эфтали́тский en Ethnonyms Afghanistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan