ماساژت‌ها: تفاوت میان نسخه‌ها

درباره نام ماساگت پژوهشگران تاکید دارند که ماساماساگت به معنی "بزرگ" گت است.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Geats of Beowulf: a study in the geographical mythology of the Middle Ages |year=1967 |page=68 |last=Leake |first=Jane Acomb |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |edition=illustrated |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QT_XAAAAMAAJ&q=MAssagetae#search_anchor}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=De universo |last=Maurus |first=Rabanus |authorlink=Rabanus Maurus |editor-last=Migne |editor-first=Jacques Paul |year=1864|location=Paris |quote=The Massagetae are in origin from the tribe of the Scythians, and are called Massagetae, as if heavy, that is, strong Getae.}}</ref> همچنین باور دیگری نیز وجود دارد، ماساژت‌ها که در اصل از سکاها بودند، معنی نامشان "نیرومند" گت می‌باشد."<ref>{{cite book |title=History and study of the Jats: with reference to Sikhs, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, Goths, and Jutes |page=8 |last=Dhillon |first=Balbir Singh |publisher=Beta Publishers |location=Canada |year=1994 |edition=illustrated |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=U9KpAAAACAAJ |isbn=1-895603-02-1 |quote=The classical and modern authorities say that the word "Massagetae" means "great" Getae (Jats). The ninth-century work De Universo of Rabanus Maurus states, "The Massagetae are in origin from the tribe of the Scythians, and are called Massagetae, as if heavy, that is, strong Getae."}}</ref>