Semantische Entwicklungen bulgarischer Turzismen

• Authors: Corinna Leschber
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Using the example of Bulgarian colloquial words with a Turkish origin, we trace their semantic development, taking the semantics of the etymon as a starting point and analyze the meaning of this loan in Bulgarian and in some of the neighbouring languages, such as Rumanian, Greek, Albanian and Serbian. For this purpose, we look at the following Bulgarian words: bakšìš, beljà, bìča, bimbàec, brakmà, čarăkčìja, čaršilìja, češìt, džumbušlìja, fukarà, gèle, git, kušìja, manàf, mušamà, siktìr, tajfà, and their derivatives. Besides written lexicographical sources we also use authentic material from sociolinguistic interviews (using the methodological approach, as described in Leschber 2007: 42f.). In doing this, we can show the embodiment/ rootedness of these words in traditional customs, in the history, slang, and complex loan history of every single word, as their semantic development is often rather independent from the original meaning of the lexical loan.

Keywords

PL

etymology, Turkish, Bulgarian, semantics, Balkan languages

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2014

online

2015-10-29

Contributors

author

Corinna Leschber