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in reply to a message by LMS
It stood out to me immediately because I spent a big chunk of my childhood at the Oriental Institute in Chicago with my mom while she worked on her Art History (ancient middle eastern specifically) degree. She instilled her love of ancient Egypt in me especially and I grew up reading all I could on it. It's one of my favorite time periods.
But here's a list explaining just all the reasons why:
1. It says the usage is "Ancient Egyptian, Egyptian Mythology, Arabic" but there is no Ahnkara that is in usage in ancient Egypt or Egyptian mythology
2. It gives the name 'meaning' using the Sumerian meaning of An (heaven/sky), and the Italian meaning of Kara (beloved), that alone should give away the fact it's inaccurate.
3. There is a city called Ankara, but it's a city in Turkey originally founded by the Hattians-- again, nothing to do with Egypt or Arabic.
4. The word itself, Ankara, is a modified version of Áγκυρα or Ànkyra, which means 'anchor' in Greek.
5. If the name were an Egyptian name, the 'Ahnk' part would be 'ankh', which is very well known ancient Egyptian hieroglyph that means 'life'. If Ahnkara were derived from an actual ancient Egyptian name, the meaning would have something to do with life. If the whole name was actually ancient Egyptian, it'd probably mean something like
ankh - life, aw - long or ahw - pain, ra - day/sun
But, again, there's no results showing this in any form as an ancient Egyptian name.
6. googling 'ancient Egypt' and various spellings of the Ahnkara return, literally, no relevant results, again another dead giveaway.
7. googling Ahnkara itself doesn't show usage as a name, outside of a name for avatars in rpgs & mmos, and it's show as a vocabulary term in Indian Vedic traditions (http://www.harekrsna.de/artikel/Brahma-Samhita-Complete.pdf):
I'm sure there's a possibility it's been used as a name somewhere, in some form (it is a well known ancient city after all), but it's usage and meaning are completely incorrect and there's no outright proof to be found of it used as a name.
I've seen a lot of names with submission dates from years ago from before we had the form we have now, and a lot of them have similarly questionable usage and meanings. There's a lot of them though, which is why I was thinking a 'report' or 'dispute' button would be useful to the editors and the site. (this is also why when I submit a name, I submit as much proof of it as a name as I can).
My PNL = http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/37275
Top: Henry & Lara (main) / Caspian & Briar (GP) / James & Georgiana (top25)
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But here's a list explaining just all the reasons why:
1. It says the usage is "Ancient Egyptian, Egyptian Mythology, Arabic" but there is no Ahnkara that is in usage in ancient Egypt or Egyptian mythology
2. It gives the name 'meaning' using the Sumerian meaning of An (heaven/sky), and the Italian meaning of Kara (beloved), that alone should give away the fact it's inaccurate.
3. There is a city called Ankara, but it's a city in Turkey originally founded by the Hattians-- again, nothing to do with Egypt or Arabic.
4. The word itself, Ankara, is a modified version of Áγκυρα or Ànkyra, which means 'anchor' in Greek.
5. If the name were an Egyptian name, the 'Ahnk' part would be 'ankh', which is very well known ancient Egyptian hieroglyph that means 'life'. If Ahnkara were derived from an actual ancient Egyptian name, the meaning would have something to do with life. If the whole name was actually ancient Egyptian, it'd probably mean something like
ankh - life, aw - long or ahw - pain, ra - day/sun
But, again, there's no results showing this in any form as an ancient Egyptian name.
6. googling 'ancient Egypt' and various spellings of the Ahnkara return, literally, no relevant results, again another dead giveaway.
7. googling Ahnkara itself doesn't show usage as a name, outside of a name for avatars in rpgs & mmos, and it's show as a vocabulary term in Indian Vedic traditions (http://www.harekrsna.de/artikel/Brahma-Samhita-Complete.pdf):
I'm sure there's a possibility it's been used as a name somewhere, in some form (it is a well known ancient city after all), but it's usage and meaning are completely incorrect and there's no outright proof to be found of it used as a name.
I've seen a lot of names with submission dates from years ago from before we had the form we have now, and a lot of them have similarly questionable usage and meanings. There's a lot of them though, which is why I was thinking a 'report' or 'dispute' button would be useful to the editors and the site. (this is also why when I submit a name, I submit as much proof of it as a name as I can).
Top: Henry & Lara (main) / Caspian & Briar (GP) / James & Georgiana (top25)
Bottom: Randall & Memphis (main) / Dinadan & Melpomene (GP) / Corvo & Ourania (top25)
This message was edited 4/23/2014, 12:01 PM
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