Към етимологизуването на балкански заемки в българските говори
On the Etymologization of Balkan Borrowings in Bulgarian Dialects

Author(s): Hristina Deykova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Bulgarian dialect words; Balkan borrowings; problems with etymologizing
Summary/Abstract: The paper offers etymological interpretation of several Bulgarian dialect words borrowed from neighboring Balkan languages (Turkish and/or Romanian). One of the borrowings is already included in the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary (ферфельì m. ‘a clumsy person’), while the etymology of the others is explained for the first time (хамел ‘glutton’, хамѐль ‘a gluttonous, voracious person’, хамеллѝкь ‘gluttony’, амѐл ‘a gluttonous, voracious person, cattle, etc.’, ‘stubbornness, persistence’, амѐль ‘greed’ and their derivatives). The paper discusses a couple of issues concerning the etymologization of Balkan borrowings in the Bulgarian dialects such as establishing the contact language, finding the correct etymon in the source language, revealing the specific way of penetration of the borrowings. In order to overcome the difficulties, the research needs to consider the specific sociolinguistic situation, the peculiarities of the dialect phonetic systems, as well as possible phonetic and semantic changes in the source language.

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