Posted by graham --Previous Message-- Graham :
on 8/23/2007, 3:45 pm, in reply to "Re: do you think greek or turkish?"
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: a known person to me has the same surname -
: he's come from crete island - i think its
: greek too !!!
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: Kotakis is not a Turkish name.
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: My origional last is Kotakis and comes from
: Samos. Do you all think this is Greek or
: Turkish?
: Thanks!
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The -kis is, I believe, a Greek suffix, so we are looking at "kota" as a possible Turkish surname. It is indeed possible. "Kotaman" or "kodaman" (influential, big shot) is a prevalent surname in Trabzon on the Black Sea (a bit far from Crete, I know but...). In Turkey, we call blue jeans "blucin" or, more popularly "kot pantalon", the reason being that the person who introduced them was none other than a guy called Muhtesem Kot. When you look in the dictionary, neither "kot" nor kota" exist with any meaning that would make them likely candidates as a surname. But remember, many surnames come from local dialects, slang, or centuries-old family nicknames (because surnames were only introduced in Turkey 1935 onwards) so, keep an open mind, it's a possibility.
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