The Persians give the name “Saka” to them.

It is related to “Dogs” and it had been a norm to call themselves as some powerful animals. In that day, it had been a norm.

Saka = “Sag” + “Ka” means “Dog” + “Friend” = Sometimes “a” is also used when they talk about “God”, so it can mean as “those who worship dogs”.

In old Persian poets, they call them as:

Sagzi = means “Dog” + “living” = which means “the ones who live with their dogs”

In Zoroastrian language they call the same meaning as:

Caspi = which means “Ca” as Friend & “Aspi” or “Spi” which is Dog in Caspian languages, “Friend” + “Dog”, Means Friends of Dogs.

Scythian comes from the word Saka.