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Sevhil Musayeva is the main editor on this Ukrayinska Pravda article.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/10/16/7229130/
Musayeva is a feminine surname so Sevhil is feminine. It could also be masculine, but I have found a female bearer.
It's some kind of Turkic name. I guessed Crimean Tatar since I believe they're the most prevalent Turkic ethnic group in Ukraine, but I'm not sure. This name is most likely Ukrainianised. Does anyone know what it means and / or if it's actually Crimean Tatar?
https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2019/10/16/7229130/
Musayeva is a feminine surname so Sevhil is feminine. It could also be masculine, but I have found a female bearer.
It's some kind of Turkic name. I guessed Crimean Tatar since I believe they're the most prevalent Turkic ethnic group in Ukraine, but I'm not sure. This name is most likely Ukrainianised. Does anyone know what it means and / or if it's actually Crimean Tatar?
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Its probably the same name as Uzbek Sevgili (meaning "beloved" according to user submitted names here). The g to h transition seems to be an artifact of Ukrainisation.
P.S. Meaning confirmed through Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sevgili
P.S. Meaning confirmed through Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sevgili
This message was edited 2/4/2025, 10:07 AM
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The palatisation on the l (it's the ь in Cyrillic) tracks with that as well, sometimes i sounds in other langauges become ь in Russian or Ukrainian; e.g. Μαριούπολη (Marioupoli) —> Маріуполь (Mariupol').
Sevgili also seems to be a Turkish name so it would make sense for there to be a Crimean Tatar variant.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sevgili
Sevgili also seems to be a Turkish name so it would make sense for there to be a Crimean Tatar variant.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sevgili
This message was edited 2/4/2025, 10:38 AM
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