 Gyula Németh , András Róna @-@ Tas and other scholars write that for centuries , the Magyars lived around the Kuban River , to the north of the Caucasus Mountains . They say it was there that the Magyars adopted the Turkic terminology of viticulture , including bor ( " wine " ) and seprő ( " dregs " ) , and the Turkic names of cornel ( som ) , grapes ( szőlő ) and some other fruits . According to these scholars , the Hungarian words of Alanic origin – including asszony ( " lady " , originally " noble or royal lady " ) – were also borrowed in the same region . 
