"... the name Apar, according to both Turkic and Armenian texts in context stands for the region of Khorasan of Hephthalite empire … The Aparni or Parni were ťprobably the leading tribeŤ migrating ťfrom the area of Khwarazm into Parthia in the first part of the third century B.C.Ť According to this opinion and also Strabo’s record, the (A)parni were ťa part of the larger Dahi [Dahae] confederationŤ and ťthe Dahae had occupied the region in Achaemenian times from their plain of Dihistan. ... From the late 4th century A.D., Chol and Kidarite Huns pressed upon the province [Hyrcania / Gurgān] from Dihistan... From the reign of Yazdgard II periodic campaigns were necessary to contain their penetration within the province.Ť In this connection, some scholars also identified the Aparni with later Avars. However, it is not acceptable ťeither historically or linguisticallyŤ, just as Frye said."

Türk nyelvben a par formát lejegyzésbeli sajátosságnak tartják, és aparnak olvassák, mert a türk-mongol nyelvekben még az idegen eredetű szavaknál sem figyelhető meg szókezdő p, leszámítva az orkhoni feliratokat, ahol az iniciális a/ä hangot nem jelölték.

Mehmet Tezcan

The Ethnonym Apar in the Turkish Inscriptions of the VIII. Century and Armenian Manuscripts

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