Bács (personal name)
Encyclopedia
Bács is a Hungarian
personal name. It is still used today, although not frequently. Other forms are Bacsa, Bacskó, Bacsó.
, Romanian
, or Slavic
languages. The sounding of the two words became the same as the last "a" was dropped from the personal name. Hungarian authors claim that most Hungarian place names, for example Bácsa in Transdanubia
, Hungary
, weren't derivation from the Slavic-Vlach expression but from the personal name with a different language.
family in the 13th century. In the second half of the 13th century another Bács was the comes of Trencsén county. Hungarian historians assume that the town of Bač (Hungarian: Bács) in present-day Serbia was also named after a person called Bácsa, probably the first comes of Bács county. Other place names with the word are scattered all over the former Kingdom of Hungary
and the Balkans
.
Today Bács, Bacsó and Bacsa are more often used as surnames in Hungary
. Famous people with these surnames are director Péter Bacsó
, painter András Bacsa, and Egyptologist Tamás Bács.
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
personal name. It is still used today, although not frequently. Other forms are Bacsa, Bacskó, Bacsó.
Etymology
Hungarian linguists claim that the word was derivation from the Old Turkic baya dignitary. Its languageal form was Bácsa, written as Bacha. A similar word meaning chief of the shephards was borrowed from Paleo-BalkanicPaleo-Balkan languages
Paleo-Balkan is a geolinguistic term referring to the Indo-European languages that were spoken in the Balkans in ancient times. Except for Greek and the language that gave rise to Albanian , they are all extinct, due to Hellenization, Romanization, and Slavicisation.- Classification :The following...
, Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
, or Slavic
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
languages. The sounding of the two words became the same as the last "a" was dropped from the personal name. Hungarian authors claim that most Hungarian place names, for example Bácsa in Transdanubia
Transdanubia
Transdanubia is a traditional region of Hungary.-Traditional interpretation:The borders of Transdanubia are the Danube river , the Drava and Mura rivers and the foothills of the Alps roughly along the border between Hungary and Austria .Transdanubia comprises the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron,...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, weren't derivation from the Slavic-Vlach expression but from the personal name with a different language.
History
In the early Árpádic age (11-13th centuries) Bács/Bácsa was a common Hungarian personal name. One member of the Aba clan, Baach, the brother of Both and Tekus, was the ancestor of the TornayTornay
Tornay is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France....
family in the 13th century. In the second half of the 13th century another Bács was the comes of Trencsén county. Hungarian historians assume that the town of Bač (Hungarian: Bács) in present-day Serbia was also named after a person called Bácsa, probably the first comes of Bács county. Other place names with the word are scattered all over the former Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
and the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
.
Today Bács, Bacsó and Bacsa are more often used as surnames in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. Famous people with these surnames are director Péter Bacsó
Péter Bacsó
Péter Bacsó was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first job in a film was as an assistant in Géza Radványi's Valahol Európában at the age of 19...
, painter András Bacsa, and Egyptologist Tamás Bács.
See also
- BačBac (personal name)Bač , pronounced in English as Bach, was a historical Slavic personal name whose existence was documented in the Middle Ages. It is not certain whether the language of this name is Slavic, Paleo-Balkanic or Romanian.-History:...
- a similar Serbian/Slavic name with a different language.