Arabic-L:LING:BOKTOR responses

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Date: 22 Jun 2000
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: BOKTOR response

	"BuqTur" is a family name, not uncommon among Egyptian Copts.
  Whether or not the "BuqTur" genealogy can be traced to "BuqTuriyyah,"
  is worth looking into.  According to *al-Mawsuu at ah al- at Arabiyyah
  al-Muyassarah* (Cairo, 1965), "BuqTuriyyah," capital "BuqTur,"
  was an ancient Greek kingdom in central Asia, conquered
  by al-AHnaf ibn Qays during @Umar's caliphate.
							M. Deeb

  PS: I have a dear friend who has this family name,
      but I couldn't locate his e-mail address.

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2)
Date: 22 Jun 2000
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: BOKTOR response

Boktor is a Coptic name.  I've known several who had that name as a family
name.

Waheed

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3)
Date: 22 Jun 2000
From: mustafa abd-elghafar mughazy <mughazy at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: BOKTOR response

I do not know much about the subject, but here is what I know. BoqTor is
an Egyptian name given to Coptic males especially from the south (Assuit
in particular), which might indicate that it belongs to a dialect of
Coptic. Hope taht will help
Mustafa

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4)
Date: 22 Jun 2000
From: Paul Stevens <pstevens at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: BOKTOR response

I have an Egyptian student named BOKTOR who told me that his name means
"Victor".

Paul Stevens,
American University in Cairo

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5)
Date: 22 Jun 2000
From: Abu Riyah <aburiyah at hotmail.com>
Subject: BOKTOR response

There used to be a "Boctor" at DLI-FLC when I was there in 1985-86.  I don't
remember his first name, I thinkit may have been "Waheed", but I do remember
him as being Syrian of Turkish origin.  Based on that, I would say that the
name is in fact Turkish, but I do not know for sure.  He was the head of the
Arabic Section at DLI in those days and might still be there for a more
direct inquiry.

Stephen Cardoos                  "Eno no lahmo dhayeh, emar Moran"
aburiyah at hotmail.com

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