Talk:Syr Darya

Etymology of Iaxartes

Various etymologies have been suggested for the name "Iaxartes" (or preciously, Iaxartês)

I suppose that:

A. The first part, the the root "Iaks-", is derivated by name "S-akas" (i.e. Sacae, Sacians, or else Scythians). The same root occurs in words:

1. "Ukrayina" ( i.e. Ok(s)-raine)( = Ukraine, the modern European state)
2. "Oxus" (i.e. Oks) ( = Amu Darya, ancient river, in Central Asia)
3. "Euxinus Pontus" (i.e. Oks-inus pontus) ( = the modern Black Sea) etc.

B. The second part, "-arta", is derivated by ancient Persian word "arta" ( = great). So, Iaxartes means "Great Oxos".

--IonnKorr 08:45, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

There is no evidence that I can see to believe that etymology, particularly considering the examples (Ukraine as Ok(s)-raine is hardly the standard etymology).

I'll be editing the article to include V.V.Barthold's research. --Michael Hancock (talk) 21:45, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

POV

the use of florid terms like 'highly repressive' and 'wrought carnage' is clearly opinionated and unencyclopaedic. Toyokuni3 (talk) 13:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Mount Imeon

"The river rises in two headstreams in the Tian Shan Mountains (ancient Mount Imeon) in Kyrgyzstan" Who have added this crap "Mount Imeon"? I deleted it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Torebay (talk • contribs) 21:28, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Seyhun

in Modern Turkish. Böri (talk) 12:41, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

etymology of "syr"

it's doesn't necessary mean it's turkic origin. it can be saka, or saqaliba or slavic syr meaning wet. as in mat syra zemljya meaning wet mother earth.89.205.59.148 (talk) 21:58, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately, nobody mentioned the Sanskrit word Sheer sagar (sea of milk), it was named because of its ice laden water which also earned the name yaksha Arta (true pearl). This name “seer sagar or sheer sagar has been used in multiple Hindu religious mythological texts and has been described as a place in north where supreme lord Vishnu resides. All the history of India can be attributed to Central Asia due to its genetic association and various literature describing the accession of indo Aryans into India from Central Asia, hence the Vedic elements in the Slavic/ Russian Christianity, Vedic Sanskrit names of places and cities and lakes. 2605:8D80:13E5:7743:210F:7811:FDF1:EA00 (talk) 13:28, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Sardobin dam of 2017 broke in 1 May 2020

https://twitter.com/RyskeldiSatke/status/1256564996621963269

2 May 2020

I am not sure that the dam has to do with Syr Darya river. --Helium4 (talk) 17:16, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

"historically known as the Jaxartes"

When I read that, I imagine people living there over centuries called it that, which is not the case. This should be edited Chufud (talk) 03:22, 27 July 2025 (UTC)