Name of Sabar It has been determined through
the unorganised information in various foreign resources that this Turkish community had
played an important role in the Western Siberia and the northern region of the Caucasus in
the 5th-6th centuries DC. This Turkish community was named as Sabar, Sabir, and Savir in
the Byzantine resources and as Savır, Sabr, S(a)bir, Sibir, etc. in the Armenian, Syrian
Christian, and Islamic resources.
The allegations
stating that the Sabar people were of Slav or Mongolian or Finno-Ugrian origin had become
out-of-date. Today, it has been understood that they were Turks in origin in respect of
the names that they hold and the historical and cultural characteristics. As a result of
the labial attraction in various languages, the word of Sabar has been observed in various
forms. The word of Sabar that can only be identified with Turkish language was formulated
as the addition of the suffix of +ar to the verb of "sab+ar" (=sap-ar= sapmak/
violate, deviate) (Some other examples are: Khazar, Bulgar, Kabar, etc). It has the
meaning of "deviationist, defector, uncontrolled, free" and it is in compliance
with the naming procedures among the Turks. Furthermore, the personal names pertaining to
Sabar people are also Turkish. Balak, İlig-er, Bo-arık =Buğ-arık, etc.
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