Onogur
/ˈɒnəɡʊər/noun
A historical name for a Turkic confederation, often linked to the ethnonym behind the word Hungarian.
Did you know?The name is usually explained from Turkic *on* (“ten”) + *oğur/ogur* (“tribe, clan”), and it became influential enough that Byzantine and medieval writers used it in forms that helped generate the exonym “Hungarian.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Turkic
PTurkic
*on
“ten”
Proto-Turkic
PTurkic
*oğur / *ogur
“tribe, clan, people”
6th-7th Century
Turkic
On-Oğur
“the “ten tribes” confederation”
7th-10th Century
Greek
Οὖγγροι / Οὐγγροι
“names used by Byzantine writers for the Hungarians, influenced by the Onogur ethnonym”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Ungari / Hungari
“Latin forms for the Hungarians, reflecting the ethnonym tradition”
Modern English
English
Onogur
“historical term for the Onogur confederation”