[Surname] Re: Khotlyubyey
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
The Khotlu- part reminds me of Kutlu:
https://www.behindthename.com/name/kutlu/submitted
https://www.behindthename.com/name/kutlu/submitted
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Kh in Ukrainian sounds like the Polish sound ch, so it is very different from k. It's still possibly but probably unlikely.
Here, Eleuteria happens to be right and it is actually cognate. See here for an etymological tree of the reconstructed Proto-Turkic root *kut: https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fdata%2falt%2fturcet&text_number=1002. The listed form for Tatar is 'qot', but in the southern dialect of Crimean Tatar the /q/ sound becomes /x/, thus making it the exact sound we are looking for (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Tatar_language#Consonants).
The 'lu' part is a Turkic adjective-forming particle. Therefore, the meaning of this name is roughly "fortunate bey (chieftain)".
The 'lu' part is a Turkic adjective-forming particle. Therefore, the meaning of this name is roughly "fortunate bey (chieftain)".
Thank you!