Madjars

{{Short description|Turkic ethnic group in Kazakhstan}} {{About|an ethnic group from Kazakhstan|the Magyars of Europe|Hungarians}} 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''.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/chapter-detail?id=609095|chapter=The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?|first=Baski|last=Imre|title=Csodaszarvas III|pages=189–208|publisher=Molnár Kiadó |access-date= 24 May 2020}}</ref> {{Quotation|"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’)".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytud.hu/nyk/107/03%20baski.pdf|title=A kazak madijar nemzetségnév és a magyar népnév állítólagos közös eredetéről|last=Baski|first=Imre|date=|website=|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref>}}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."<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/chapter-detail?id=609095|chapter=The Madijar: A Hungarian Tribe among the Kazakhs?|first=Baski|last=Imre|title=Csodaszarvas III|pages=189–208|publisher=Molnár Kiadó |access-date= 24 May 2020}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Biro 2009">{{cite journal |author=Biro, A. |author2=Zalan, A. |display-authors=et al. |title=A Y-Chromosomal Comparison of the Madjars (Kazakhstan) and the Magyars (Hungary) |journal=American Journal of Physical Anthropology |volume=139 |issue=3 |pages=305–10 |year=2009 |pmid=19170200 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.20984|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23940450}}</ref>

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==Bibliography== * [http://ahea.net/admin/?path=admin/modules/journals/4/journalarticles/25/journalarticleattachments&request=modules/journals/journalarticleattachments&download=83&ajax=1 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.

Category:Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan Category:Turkic peoples of Asia