Etymology help

[Geoorgero]

Please!
Can anyone enlight me about the etymology of the word bouziane or other forms of it: Buzain, Buzian and so on??...
I would appreciate a lot if anyone could explain me what does it mean and where it comes from... what are its origins...

thanks a lot!!!

[FORTUNATO]

Originally posted by Geoorgero
Please!
Can anyone enlight me about the etymology of the word bouziane or other forms of it: Buzain, Buzian and so on??...
I would appreciate a lot if anyone could explain me what does it mean and where it comes from... what are its origins...

thanks a lot!!!

Hi Geoorgero

The name is coposed from
1) BOU
2) ZIANE

1) BU; mean coming from a tribe or father of Ziane, or simply Ziane

2) Ziane; has two meaning it could mean
= BEATIFULL, Nice looking or
= Ziane is a person who his job is to "circumcision"(I dont know it in English) a child according to the moslems and jews religion

But such as (Ziani) name also exist in Italy and mean something else

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[Geoorgero]

Thank you very much!!

Well, my family name is Buzian and I'm Romanian and I've never had any connections with Jewish or Arabic culture and I was teribly surprised to see the frequence of the same name (Bouziane) in Algeria, a land so far from our country...

Your explanation was very clear and I am very pleased with it!! Thanks a lot!!!

[lazzhar]

Hi Geoorgero and welcome here.

How do you pronounce your family name? Maybe the closness is just in the way of writing.

[Geoorgero]

the name is pronounced in the exactly the same way Bouziane is pronounced...

I've done some researches and there may be an explanation to this... When Romans conquered these lands, about 1900 years ago, they brought some Legions from Middle East and also from North Africa, the Syrian and Lybian legions. These guys were very good fighters and thanks to their results in battle against local Dacians, they were permitted to retire and the Empire gave them land in the new Dacia Romana.
The same thing happened to conquered Dacians. They were triggered in Britannia thousands miles away, to fight against Anglo-Saxons, due to the same style of fighting
Maybe one of my ancestors was one of these North African or Middle East people. Because I know that my name is centuries old, here in Romania.

but anyway, many thanks for greetings and interest shown. I'm glad that I've joined this forum...

[Edited by Geoorgero on 23rd November 2005 at 22:47]