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-===== ''Gamelic'' =====
-Another name for [[slendric]] temperament but much worse. The term "gamelic" is very easily confused with the term "[[gamelan]]". That risks implying this temperament is identical to the ones used by gamelan orchestras. Which it is not.
-Imagine saying "gamelic scales" - musicologists could easily assume you mean "scales used in gamelan music". The potential for confusion is too high.
-Fortunately the name "gamelic" never really caught on and isn't widely used.
 ==== ''Maqamic'' ====
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 ;Difficulty of renaming - Very high. Lots of other temperaments are named in reference to these, lots of music and theory has been written with these, it'd be a massive pain.
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+==== Buzurgic ====
+[[196/168|Buzurgic]] temperament is named for the buzurg aka buzurk [[genus]] by [[Safi al-Din Urmavi]].
+It is good that it gives credit for its inspiration, however the name is way too similar to “buzurg” to the point where musicologists could easily mix up the two, and it could serve to erase or muddy the definition of the original.
+The name '''dhavantaric''' has been proposed to replace “buzurgic”, however it is unclear what the origin of that name is so it’s hard to tell if it’s better or worse by the criteria of this list.
+===== Possible alternative names? =====
+* "Dhavantaric" = a proposed alternate name, but we need to check first whether it gives credit to a relevant cultural influence, and whether it is distinct enough from that influence to not be confused for it
+* "Buzzlike" = "bears a likeness to buzurg", but also refers to the buzzing sound of its pseudo-unison comma of about 10 cents
+* "Buzzmatic" = "buzurg approximated with mathematics", but also refers to the buzzing sound of its pseudo-unison comma of about 10 cents
+* "Buzurgram" = "buzurg approximated with RTT diagrams"
+* "Buzurgism" = named after its defining comma, the “buzurgidma”.^
+<small> ^''(Not “buzurgismic”, because that is already taken by a full 7 limit temperament - “ismic” usually implies “not a subgroup temperament”, hence just “ism”) instead)'' </small>
+;Difficulty of renaming - Very low. I don't know of temperaments named after buzurg nor much written about it, so it should be painless to change.
 ==== Slendric ====
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 ;Difficulty of renaming - Low. I don't know of temperaments named after slendric nor much written about it, so it should be painless to change.
+====== ''Gamelic'' ======
+Another name for slendric temperament but equally as bad. The term "gamelic" is very easily confused with the term "[[gamelan]]". That risks implying this temperament is identical to the ones used by gamelan orchestras. Which it is not.
+Imagine saying "gamelic scales" - musicologists could easily assume you mean "scales used in gamelan music". The potential for confusion is too high.
+Fortunately the name "gamelic" never really caught on and isn't widely used.
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 The name is still maybe just a tad too close to the maqam, but it's pretty good.
+==== Buzurgic ====
+[[Buzurgismic chords|Buzurgismic]] temperament is named for the buzurg aka buzurk [[genus]] by [[Safi al-Din Urmavi]].
+It is good that it gives credit for its inspiration, and the name is still distinct enough from “buzurg” that musicologists are unlikely to confuse the two, so buzurgismic will likely serve to bring much deserved attention to the original genus, rather than erasing it.
 ==== Injera ====
-[[Injera]] temperament is named after an [[Ethopian]] flatbread, because [[26edo]] supports it and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 letters. A slightly goofy reason for a name, and the temperament doesn't have much to do with Ethopia, but it's not stealing anything, and it might encourage people to check out Ethopian breadmaking, so that's quite neat.
+[[Injera]] temperament is named after an [[Ethopian]] flatbread, because [[26edo]] supports it and the Ethiopian alphabet has 26 letters.
+Admittedly a slightly goofy reason for a name, and the temperament doesn't have much to do with Ethopia, but it's not stealing anything, and it might encourage people to check out Ethopian breadmaking, so that's quite neat.
 ==== Kartvelian^ ====