Vajk |
Gender | Male |
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Word/name | Hungarian and Turkic |
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Meaning | "True man" |
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Vajk, Voyk or Vojk (alternatively spelled Vayk in English, Voicu in Romanian) is an Old Hungarian masculine first name supposedly derived from the Turkic Bajik (or Bajiq or Bayk)[1] which meaning is "True Man"[2] or "rich, powerful".[3][better source needed] Tatars used the name 'Bayk' till the 18th century.[4] More likely it is of Slavic origin from Vojko as the Romanian name Voicu.[5]
Famous Vajks in history
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- ^ Acta orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 36, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, 1982, p. 420-426, Cited "The Turkic original of the Old Hungarian name Vajk is Bajiq"
- ^ http://web.axelero.hu/kesz/jel/01_12/hunyadiak.htm Hungarian: "...a törökből magyarázható. Eredeti formája Bajik. Értelme: 'Igaz Ember'A b a hangfejlődés során gyakorta alakult át v hanggá." English:..it is from turkic origin. The original form of the name is Bajik, which meaning is True Man. Letter B changed to V."
- ^ Armin Vambery, Der ursprung der Magyaren, F. A. Brockhaus, 1882, p. 166
- ^ Magyar Nyelvtudományi Társaság (SOCIETY OF HUNGARIAN LINGUISTICS), Magyar nyelv, Volume 79, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1983, p.113
- ^ "dexonline". dexonline.ro. Retrieved 2024-05-04.