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    Hi all!
    I would like to ask you wheter Sagvan Tofi could be a Kurdish name.
    It is a name of one Czech actor, his mother is Czech and he says that his father was a Kurd.
    Could it be true, or it is one of his mystifications?

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    I searched him up, he looks like he could be part Kurdish. I don't know about the name because Kurds have names that are of various origins, from Iranic and Turkic to Arabic derived ones.
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    Kurdish surnames are often a family name (such as mine) or a tribal name.

    Sagvan ends in van which is actually really typically Kurdish. Mine ends in van too.

    However because of persecution of Kurds by Turkish/Persian/Arabic regimes Kurds were forced to change their pure Kurdish names to Turkish or Arabic ones. Such as Ahmet Türk.

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    Internet sources says that firstname SAGVAN could be originated from toponymun "Saivan" , used in Marathi language.
    What about origin of his lastname TOFI? Do you have some idea, please?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikula View Post
    Internet sources says that firstname SAGVAN could be originated from toponymun "Saivan" , used in Marathi language.
    What about origin of his lastname TOFI? Do you have some idea, please?
    Tofi could be a Kurdish surname, but I don't know ... He doesn't really look like a Czech tho

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