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Introduction

About the meaning of the names of Oguz-khan grandsons, their tamgas and ongons (kush)

All wise elders from Turkmens, who know history, tell about the meaning of the names of twenty four Oguz-khan's grandsons, who were sitting in twelve tents (yргa), and about their tamgas, ¹ and about the names of the birds that became their ongon. ²

The meaning of the [name] Kaiy ³ - strong, its tamga is , its ongon  is krechet (The narrative listings are converted into the table below).

Abulgazi List (before 1663)							Rashid ad-Din List (814)
No	Name	Meaning	Tamga Abulgazi	Tamga Kashgari	Meat 5	Ongon (Kush)	Name	Meaning	Meat 5	Ongon (Kush)
Children of Kun-khan (Kün = Sun)
1	Kaiy	strong			hind right leg ankle	krechet	Kaiy		right shoulder	white falcon
2	Bayat	rich				owl	Bayat		right shoulder	white falcon
3	Alka-oili (Alkabölük, Alkaevli) 6	matching			front right leg ankle	mouser (mice catcher)	Al-karauli 6	desired	right shoulder	white falcon
4	Kara-oili  (Karabölük, Karaevli)	lives [everywhere] in tent	knout			kite [?]	Kara-uili	black tent (yurt)	right shoulder	white falcon
Children of Ai-khan (Ai = Moon)
5	Yazyr (Yazgır)	elder in Il [in the country]			right side	kopchik	Yazer	many provinces	right front thigh	eagle
6	Yasyr	turns upside down [everything]				sparrowhawk	Yaparly		right front thigh	eagle
7	Dudurga (Tutırka, Dondurga)	conquer and hold [countries]			right thigh	red hawk	Dordirga		right front thigh	eagle
8	Duker (Tüger, Düver, Düğer, Töker, Tüker)	circle				kite	Duker	for assembly	right front thigh	eagle
Children of Yulduz-khan (Yulduz = Star)
9	Avshar	quick in work			right thigh	male white falcon	Aushar		right side	hare-hunting eagle(taushandjil)
10	Kyzyk	hero				buzzard [sarych]	Kyzyk		right side	hare-hunting eagle(taushandjil)
11	Bekdeli	his speech is respected			right shoulder	raven [?]	Bek-Deli		right side	hare-hunting eagle(taushandjil)
12	Karkyn	hospitable				golden eagle [?]	Karkyn		right side	hare-hunting eagle(taushandjil)
Children of Kok-khan (Kök = Star)
13	Baiyndyr	possessor of wordly riches			left thigh	white falcon	Bayandur		left side	кречет [sunkur]
14	Bechene	doing				motley falcon	Bichine	kind deed	left side	кречет [sunkur]
15	Chavuldur (Chuvaldar, Chavundur)	honest			left side	humai [?] (mythological bird) 4	Djauldur		left side	кречет [sunkur]
16	Chepni (Bektashi ?)	bogatyr				humai (mythological bird)	Chibni		left side	кречет [sunkur]
Children of Tag-khan (Mountaain)							Children of Tak-khan (Mountaain)
17	Salor (Salgur, Salur)	armed with sabre			hind left leg ankle	golden eagle	Salor		back part
18	Imir (Eymür, Eymir)	richest				[?]	Imur		back part
19	Ala-yontly (Ulayundluğ Alayund, Alayuntlu, Alayurtlu)  7	with skewbald horse 7	cradle-like		left thigh	kopchik [?]	Alayuntli 7	good cattle	back part
20	Uregir (Yuregir, Yüregir)	virtuous				hawk	Urkiz		back part
Children of Tengiz-khan (Sea)							Children of Dengiz-khan (Sea)
21	Igdir	great			front left leg ankle	hawk	Bekdir		[?] thigh	сероватый копчик (chakyr dogan)
22	Bunduz (Bügdüz)	helpful				saker falcon [baloban]	Bukduz	(kyshtym ?) 8	[?] thigh	сероватый копчик (chakyr dogan)
23	Ava (Yıwa, Yiva)	high-ranking			left shoulder	white falcon	Yiva		[?] thigh	сероватый копчик (chakyr dogan)
24	Kynyk	respectable				male hawk	Kynyk		[?] thigh	сероватый копчик (chakyr dogan)

 1 In modern Turkmen language the word tamga  is used in the forms tamga and tagma (see: X. Bailiev and E.Karryev. Turkmen-Russian dictionary, 1940, page 274; see also: G.I.Karpov. Clan tamgas among Turkmen, pages 43-49. The base of the word tamga, in the A.C. Emre“s opinion, is a verb tam - “burn bright“, “fire“, “kindle“ (A. С. Emre. Tuerk Dilbilgisi, page 174). Tamgas and their images are recited by Mahmud Kashgari (vol. 1, page 56) and by Rashid-ad-Din (vol. 1, Book 1, page 87-91; I.N.Berezin. Rashid-Eddin, page 25 on); They considerably differ from each other. The tamgas of the tribes Teke, Salyr, Saryk, Nohur, Goklen and Yomud are published in the mentioned above article by G.I.Karpov. The main literature on the subject is also listed there. Also see: G.I.Karpov. Tagma (Clan tamgas among Turkmen, page 29-35). Tamgas of the North Caucasian Nogays, a part of which outwardly are very similar with those of the Turkmen, (page 132-140) are published in N.A.Baskakov“s book “Nogai language and its dialects”. For literature on the subject see: N.A.Aristov, Notes, page 12, comment 1; A.N.Bernshtam. Socio-economical organization, page 14, comment 7; A.K.Ali-Zade. The term "tamga", page 51-63; G. Vernadsky. Note on the origin of the word "tamga".

2 In the text - kush “bird“. Rashid-ad-Din (vol. 1, Book 1, page 87; I.N.Berezin. Rashid-Eddin, page 24) gives, as always, a fantastic interpretation of the term ongon. (Rashid-ad-Din: “This word comes from "inak", and inak in Turkic means blessed, as is said: “inak bulsun!“ - i.e., let it be blessed! And existssuch custom, that everything that is the ongon of a tribe, they do not assail it, it is not resisted, and it meat is not eaten, because they adopted it as a favorable omen. This sense remains in force till our time, and each of those tribes knows their ongon.“) I.N.Berezin (Ibid., page 224) compares the word ongon with a Türkic word *** “god“ (also see: I.N.Berezin. Sheibaniada, page 80). A work of D.K.Zelenin gives a broad presentation on the institute of ongons “Cult of ongons in Siberia”; also see: Abduelkadir [Inan], Ongon ve Toes kelimeleri hakkinda, 277-285; Rashid-ad-Din, vol. 1, Book 1, page 87, a comment l.

3 The names (their meaning), tamgas, ongons and sacrificial parts of meat that are recorded by Rashid-ad-Din are now known in three Russian translations: Rashid-ad-Din, vol. 1, Book 1, page 87-91; I.N.Berezin. Rashid-Eddin, page 25-29; MITT, vol. 1, page 500-501. An attempt to etymologize the names of the 24 sons of Oguz-khan were endeavored by I.N.Berezin (Rashid-Eddin, page 224-226).

4 Humai - a mythical bird (L.Budagov, Comparative Dictionary of Turkish-Tatar Vernaculars, vol. 2, page 315).

5 The parts of the lamb and the prominence of the tribes are correlated; the most honorable guest receives the best part, it is a part of a ceremony that reflects and designates the relative standing of the tribes, and their position in the battle line-up. The profound changes in the parts of the ceremonial meat, unless recorded incorrectly, reflect the relative changes that occurred between the 9th c. and 17th c.

6 Of the forms Alka-oili, Alkabölük, Alkaevli, Al-karauli, the Al-karauli is an oldest record, with a clear component “karauli“ meaning “guard post“, “guard postman“, and “guard postman service“, indicating the role of the Al tribe in the confederation or its immediate predecessor. It appears that the earlier Al-karauli, combined with later determinant adjectives, shrunk to “Alka“, changing the root of the tribal name from “Al“, possibly “Ala“ = “motley“, to “Alka“. The new  determinant adjective was variously transcribed as “oili/uili/evli“ and “bölük“.

7 The tribe Ala-yontly, Ulayundluğ, Alayund, Alayuntlu, Alayurtlu, Alayuntli, whose name contains “Ala“ = “motley“, defined as “with skewbald horses“, in the literature is called Alats/Alachins/Seyanto, in Chinese annals goes under Boma and Bugu, its Chinese description for a time was puzzling the early researchers. The entry under the year 357 notes: "Leader of Sünnu (Huns) Shanyu Heloγ Tou (i.e. Ala-at Tou/Alat Tou, "Skewbald Horses tribe", in Chinese "Boma", [tamga ]), leading 35 thousand submitted to (dynasty) Early Yan (Syanbi state Former Yan/Sixteen Kingdoms, simplified Chinese 前燕, pinyin: Qiаn Yаn, 337-370). Apparently tribe [Yan]to are their descendants. [Yanto] lived intermixed with tribe Se (Sir/Sary), therefore they are called Se-yanto. Surname [of Kagan clan] Ili-tu (Il-ter). From generation to generation [Se-yanto] were a strong tribe". Seyanto and Bugu had identical tamgas. These Alats/Alachins/Seyanto/Boma settled inside Early Yan territory, east of Ordos and north of Huanhe.

8 The tribe Bunduz, Bügdüz, Bukduz stands out between its three kins with superlative descriptors “great“, “high-ranking“, and “respectable“, pointing to a subservient status of “helpful“. That tends to imply a kyshtym “vassal“ status of the Bunduz tribe, and a former “master“ status for the Igdir tribe.