Tomris Explained

Tomris
Gender:	Female
Origin:	Iranian
Derived:	Eastern Iranian تهم‌رییش Tahm-RayišTurkic Tamyr

Tomris, Tomiris or Tamiris is a Turkic female name used in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. The name is a modern Turkic derivation of Tomyris (Eastern Iranian: تهم‌رییش Tahm-Rayiš),^[1] an ancient Iranian Massagetae queen from Central Asia.

People

• Tomris Giritlioğlu, a Turkish film director.
• Tomris İncer, a Turkish actress.
• Tomris Uyar, a Turkish writer and translator.
• , a Turkish actress.
• , a Turkish actress.

See also

• Tomyris

Notes and References

1. For the etymology see: F. Altheim und R. Stiehl, Geschichte Mittelasiens im Altertum (Berlin, 1970).pp. 127–8