Abaza (surname)
For other uses, see Abaza.
Abaza is a surname.
In Russian, the surname "Абаза" (Abaza) was first recorded among noble families in 1843.[1] It derives from Turkish abaza, meaning stupid, which was originally adopted as a nickname and then morphed into a surname.[1] However, in a Circassian context, the Abazin people's "self-designation" Abaza is separate from this Russian/Turkish origin.[2] The word is also the name of this people's language and of an Egyptian noble family from the same origin.[2][3]
The following people share this surname:
- Abaza clan, Egypt's largest aristocratic family, of Abazin Cicassian origins
- Alexander Abaza (1821–1895), Russian finance minister
- Alexey Abaza, Russian admiral
- Arkady Abaza (1843–1915), Russian composer
- Fekry Abaza (1896–1979), Egyptian journalist and political activist
- Jan Abaza (b. 1995), American tennis player
- Rushdy Abaza (1926–1980), Egyptian actor
- Tharwat Abaza (1927–2002), Egyptian journalist and novelist
- Yanal Abaza (b. 1976), retired Syrian association football player
References
Notes
- 1 2 Baskakov, p. 253
- 1 2 "The Abazians".
- ↑ "Egypt in the Reign of Mohamed Ali".
Sources
- Н. А. Баскаков (N. A. Baskakov). "Русские фамилии тюркского происхождения" (Russian Last Name of Turkic Origin). Изд. "Наука", главная редакция восточной литературы. Москва, 1979.
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