The name KOLEDA for ice pendant in Eastern Rhodopes and South Rhodopes Bulgarian speeches Cover Image
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Название КОЛЕДА за ледена висулка в източнородопски и южнородопски български говори
The name KOLEDA for ice pendant in Eastern Rhodopes and South Rhodopes Bulgarian speeches

Author(s): Georgi Mitrinov
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: history of the Bulgarian language; Rhodopean dialects; Christmas; Christianity; icicle.

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the use of the Bulgarian name for Christmas (Koleda) for an icicle in the Eastern Rhodopes and South Rhodopes Bulgarian dialects. The range of its distribution is described. Other remnants of the Christian past in the dialects of the Rhodopean Bulgarians, professing Muslim religion, are also mentioned.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2-3
  • Page Range: 151-157
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bulgarian