Oebarsius or Aybars (died after 448) was a Hun nobleman, brother of Mundzuk and uncle of

Bleda Bleda () was a Hunnic ruler, the brother of Attila the Hun. As nephews to Rugila, Attila and his elder brother Bleda succeeded him to the throne. Bleda's reign lasted for eleven years until his death. While it has been speculated by Jordanes th ...

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Attila Attila ( or ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids, among others, in Central Europe, C ...

. He was held in great honor, and sat next to Attila at royal banquets. Oebarsius was probably never a king, and had no dominion of his own. He was still alive in 448. Pritsak considered that the name is a transcription of Turkic ''Oibars'', meaning "yellow leopard" (hence "

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"). According to Hyun Jin Kim, his name is connected to Turkic ''Aybars'', meaning "leopard of the moon", an ongon in the

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. There are other opinions about the affinity of his name with ''Oebasus'', the Latin form of an Iranian name. His name, possibly as many other recorded by Priscus, might have been Grecisized.

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