Chuvash people         

       Due to the fact that Chuvash people did not have their own alphabet until the 18th century, there is not any information about the exact time in which they called themselves with the name of "Chuvash". Therefore, we should look for the name of "Chuvash" in the other resources.

       We have observed that the name of "Chuvash" was cited in the Russian resources written in the period of (1551-1552) when Russians invaded Kazan. The name of Chuvash was also cited in some other resources before the time when Russians invaded Kazan. The name of "Chuvash" was also stated in the edicts written by Moscow prince for Karin Tatars when he passed towards Vat'ka over Ar River in 1548. German Gerbenstein wrote down his observations in the course of his second visit in 1548. His book titled as "Moscow Notes" written in Latin language was published in the year of 1549. In this book, Gerbenstein also dealt with Kazan Khanate. He stated that the Chuvash and Ceremiş people were the best marksmen among thirty thousand soldiers of Kazan Khanate and they wore their peculiar clothes in those times.

       The fights of Ceremish people with Chuvash people that occurred on the banks of Idyll in the year of 1524 is explained in the Russian historical books.
Lislov found and read an ancient Tatar document in Kazan in the year of 1692 and quoted this document in his work titled as "Skifskaya İstoriya". In this letter, it was stated that there was a Tatar festival in 1508, and Kazan Khan invited all his subjects to the festival and Chuvash people joined this festival.

       Kazan Khan İbrahim Han provided the registry of the nations that lived in the Khanate and the geography of his Khanate in the year of 1469. In this study, the Chuvash, Ceremiş, Mıkşı, Miser and Tatar people were recorded as the higher people. Therefore, the name of Chuvash has appeared to be involved in the documents since the year of 1469.

       The name of Chuvash that started to appear in the official papers since 1469 must have been used long before these dates. As stated by Prof. I.N. Sminov, there were nine villages called as "Chuvash" near the bridge of Vat'ka. Today, Russians and Votyak people live in these villages. It is obvious that the Chuvash people who lived in these regions were assimilated or forced to emigrate from this region. It was mentioned that there was a mountain named as Chuvash near the capital of the Sibir Khanate that had been invaded in the years of 1580-1582. It was even stated that the Sibir Khan, Küçüm followed this war from this mountain. This mountain is near the city of Tobolsk nowadays.

       The small bay that extends from the Sea of Azov on the left side in the entrance to the Crimea has been called as "Chuvash" by the people who live there. It was stated within the books as "Sivaş". There was a place near this small bay where the taxes collected were kept. It was also stated that the name of this place was "Chuvash".
Taking into consideration all the names of these places, it can be understood that the name of "Chuvash" is rooted in much more ancient times.

       According to N.İ. Aşmarin who made researches about the origin of Chuvash people, the name of "Çivaş" must have been pronounced in some different ways in the ancient times. "şıvaş", "şıvaş", "şavas", "Savaş", "Savaş" etc., instead of "Çıvaş". Due to this reason, Ceremiş people called Tatar people as "Süyas". The evidences to this peculiarity is the name of "Sivaş" addressed to Şirşilli Sea and the name of "şavaş" addressed to the Chuvash village. The reason for which Ceremiş people call Tatars as "Sivaş" is that these people knew this region with this name before Tatars came here. Ceremiş people (Mari people) still call Kazan Tatars as "Çıvaş". Since Tatars had started to come to this region since the year of 1236, it is obvious that the name of Chuvash was used before 1236.
Ibn Fadlan Bulgar, in the capacity of a clerk among the Abbasi envoys that visited the Bulgarian State in the year of 922 stated that their people was called as "Suvas" or "Savas".

       These words of "Suvas" or "savas" are not different than the word of "Suvar". The words and even a sentence given in the work of Kaşgarlı Mahmud titled as "Divan ü Lügat-it Türk" composed generally the letter z. In some Turkish dialects, some words used with r (rota) can be use with z (zeta) in the other dialects. Furthermore, some words can also be used in the same dialect with its forms with r and z. The examples to illuminate this issue can be given as follows: semir and semiz in Turkish of Turkey; yigir and ikis (ikiz) in Chuvach Turkish and mar (not)/ ET. emes and mas (negativity), etc.
According to our opinion, the word of "Suvar" was transformed into the form of "Suvaz" upon zeta approach. It then passed through the transitory forms that we have stated above and then attained today's form of "Çuvaş" (Chuvash). Suvar people (Sabir people) had reached to the banks of Idyll-Kama in the century I D.C. It was recorded in the historical resources that the Sabir people who came from the Western Siberia settled down in Idyll-Ural in the century V.D.C. The city of "Suvar" that is in ruins today and "Simbir" (Today's Ulyanovsk) must have been the cities built by Suvar people (Sabir people).

        It was recorded that the Sabir (Suvar) Turks coming from the north of Caucasus towards Anatolia entered into Kars and then reached to Kastamonu in the Gregorian year of 305. It is probable tha they leaned out towards the Eastern Anatolia as a second direction. It is a well -known fact that the name of Sabir or Siberia comes from the Sabir people (Suvars). The studies carried out about Sumers recently have consolidated the opinions alleging that the Sumers are Turks. The similarity between the words of Sabir, Sibir, Subar and the word of Sumer must not have been a coincidence. As a result, Suvar Turks who had expanded towards the banks of Idyll-Kama, the Balkans and Anatolia since the gregorian years got again on the historical stage under the name of Chuvash on the banks of Idyll.