2024. no 2. Refat Abduzhemilev
Argumentation of the autoethnonym “Crimean Tatars”
by indigenous and foreign historical sources
Refat Abduzhemilev
Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences;
Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University
Abstract.The article aims to prove the endoethnonymous nature and refute the exoethnonymous hypothesis of the self-designation of the Crimean Tatars. The foundation of the evidence base is laid in the written sources of the Crimean Khanate era. Foreign historical sources are considered and the main forms of self-designation are determined. The philological aspect of the autoethnonym (izafet construction) is analyzed. The reflection of the name “Tatars” in the toponymy of the Crimean Peninsula is indicated. A brief historical excursion into the evolution of the self-designation is given.
Keywords: аutoethnonym, source, Crimean Tatars, Crimean Khanate, Crimeans, Tatars, Turkic-Tatars, endoethnonym, exoethnonym.
For citation: Abduzhemilev R.R. Argumentation of the autoethnonym “Crimean Tatars” by indigenous and foreign historical sources. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2024, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 16–28. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2024.2.16-28 (In Russian)
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About the author: Refat R. Abduzhemilev – Cand. Sci (Philology), Senior Research Fellow of the Crimean Scientific Center, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7, Baturin Str., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); Senior Research Fellow of the Research Institute of the Crimean Tatar philology, history and culture of ethnic groups of the Crimea, Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University (8, Uchebnyy lane, Simferopol 295015, Russian Federation); refatimus@gmail.com
