View Full Version : Sagvan Tofi - Kurdish name?
Mikula
02-24-2015, 09:42 PM
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?
Thank you!
Shah-Jehan
02-24-2015, 09:44 PM
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.
Halgurd
02-28-2015, 10:45 AM
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.
Mikula
03-01-2015, 07:23 PM
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?
Pahli
03-01-2015, 07:29 PM
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 xD
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