Talk:Umay

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"Umay and Eje (Ece) are rarely used female names in the Republic of Turkey." Ece is a very common female name in Turkey --mko (talk) 02:33, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

We need a merger here
The other article is an obvious duplication of the same subject. The duplication must not have been noticed because the same name is spelled two different ways. Not only is this article longer, it's more than a year older than the other one. Also, since Umay is the actual spelling in modern Turkish, I really think it ought to be the article's heading, with a redirect from the other spelling.

This is my first merge proposal. Did I do it right? Johanna-Hypatia (talk) 03:24, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Two weeks, no response, going ahead. Thanks. Johanna-Hypatia (talk) 15:17, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

"The Turkic root umāy originally meant 'placenta, afterbirth', and this word was used as the name for the goddess whose function was to look after women and children," - the problem is, the word's origin is Mongolian, not Turkish. So, the word Umay was used long before the first Turkish tribes emerged and started to consider themselves as Turkish people. It is easily possible that the original word was the name of the godess, which was used to express the womb and placenta for the forming turkish tribes. I don't think Turkish origin of that word is possible, since tengrism emerged in Mongolia, and spread later to Turkey. 81.183.245.214 (talk) 08:01, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Umay is not possibly a Turkish word
"The Turkic root umāy originally meant 'placenta, afterbirth', and this word was used as the name for the goddess whose function was to look after women and children," - the problem is, the word's origin is Mongolian, not Turkish. So, the word Umay was used long before the first Turkish tribes emerged and started to consider themselves as Turkish people. It is easily possible that the original word was the name of the godess, which was used to express the womb and placenta for the forming turkish tribes. I don't think Turkish origin of that word is possible, since tengrism emerged in Mongolia, and spread later to Turkey. 81.183.245.214 (talk) 08:02, 22 September 2014 (UTC)