Madjars

The Madjars or Madi-yar people are a Turkic ethnic group in Kazakhstan. They number about 1,000–2,000 and live mostly in the Kostanay Region. They are predominantly Muslim.

Ethnonym

Turkologist scholar Dr. Imre Baski claims that the ethnonym Madjar means 'faithful Muslim', literally 'friend or follower of Muhammad', ultimately from Muhammad-i-yar.

"Madi-yar that proved to be a compound anthroponym (Madi[y]-yar) of Arabic-Persian origin. The paper also provides the explanation of the anthroponyms Aldi-yar (’Allah’s friend/follower’) and Ḫudi-yar (’God’s friend/follower’), the “relatives” of Madi(y)-yar (’Muhammad’s friend/follower’)".

While Madjars have been onomastically linked to the Magyars (Hungarians), Imre Baski argues that because it developed from the name Muhammad-i-yar, the Kazakh clan name Madi-yar "cannot possibly be linked to the Magyar ethnonym and thus cannot serve as proof for a relationship between Madiyar and Magyar."

Genetics

Proponents of the view that Madjars are linked to the Magyars (Hungarians) include supporters of "Hungarian Turanism", such as András Zsolt Bíró, who noticed the high frequency of Y-DNA Haplogroup G-M201 among Madiyars and its presence amongst Hungarians. The study concluded that, based on haplogroup frequency, the Madiyars were genetically closer to Hungarians than to their geographic neighbours.

Footnotes

↑ Imre, Baski. "The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?". Csodaszarvas III. Molnár Kiadó. pp. 189–208. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
↑ Baski, Imre. "A kazak madijar nemzetségnév és a magyar népnév állítólagos közös eredetéről" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2017.
↑ Imre, Baski. "The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?". Csodaszarvas III. Molnár Kiadó. pp. 189–208. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
↑ Biro, A.; Zalan, A.; et al. (2009). "A Y-Chromosomal Comparison of the Madjars (Kazakhstan) and the Magyars (Hungary)". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 139 (3): 305–10. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20984. PMID 19170200.

Bibliography

Nándor Dreisziger. 2011. "Genetic Research and Hungarian 'Deep Ancestry'": p. 3.
D. Vanek, et al." 2009. "Kinship and Y-Chromosome Analysis of 7th Century Human Remains: Novel DNA Extraction and Typing Procedure for Ancient Material". Croatian Medical Journal, 50:3, pp. 286–95.

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[1] Imre, Baski. "The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?". Csodaszarvas III. Molnár Kiadó. pp. 189–208. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[2] Baski, Imre. "A kazak madijar nemzetségnév és a magyar népnév állítólagos közös eredetéről" (PDF). Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[3] Imre, Baski. "The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?". Csodaszarvas III. Molnár Kiadó. pp. 189–208. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

[Biro_2009-4] Biro, A.; Zalan, A.; et al. (2009). "A Y-Chromosomal Comparison of the Madjars (Kazakhstan) and the Magyars (Hungary)". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 139 (3): 305–10. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20984. PMID 19170200.