Oebarsius or Aybars [1] [2] (died after 448) [3] was a Hun nobleman, brother of Mundzuk and uncle of Bleda and Attila.
He was held in great honor, and sat next to Attila at royal banquets. [4] Oebarsius was probably never a king, [3] and had no dominion of his own. [5] He was still alive in 448. [3]
Pritsak considered that the name is a transcription of Turkic Oibars, meaning "yellow leopard" (hence "lion"). [6] According to Hyun Jin Kim, his name is connected to Turkic Aybars, meaning "leopard of the moon", an ongon in the Turkic mythology. [7] There are other opinions about the affinity of his name with Oebasus, the Latin form of an Iranian name. [8] His name, possibly as many other recorded by Priscus, might have been Grecisized. [9]
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