Talk:Magyarab
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I changed the text from "profess themselves magyarabs" to "profess themselves magyar".
My rational is the following: - the articles linked specifically state at least one magyarab gentleman stated that "he feels himself to be Hungarian" - it is a mistake the consider "magyarab" the name of the ethnicity in the same way that "albanian" describes albanians. the word "magyarab" means "hungarian tribe" in the local dialect. the members of the "hungarian tribe" are, naturally, "hungarian".
Of course, external observers do note that the magyarabs are not identical to hungarians, and so they use the name to refer to them. But from the perspective of the magyarabs, they are "hungarians". Yes, it is a minor point... but I think it is worth being careful with usage to leave readers with the correct impression.
While objectively, the magyarabs are obviously an ethnic group of their own quite different and separate from Hungarians; they internally and subjectively consider themselves to be Hungarian.
Hope that made sense.
--69.158.24.254 22:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The name "Nagy"
Aha! Does this explain the use of the given name Nagy in both of those two historically inconnected populations? //Big Adamsky 01:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- "Nagy", of course, is the Hungarian word for "Great" (or "Large" or "Big") and is a fairly common family name (in Hungary not generally used as a first name though). Unless it is a false cognate, your theory is probably correct. --70.49.163.189 16:00, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
