Пътят на нгр. φασούλι ‘боб, Phaseolus vulgaris’ на Балканите
The path of the Greek φασούλι ‘bean, Phaseolus vulgaris’ in the Balkans

Author(s): Darina Mladenova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет »Св. Кл. Охридски«
Summary/Abstract: The transfer of the name of another legume to the bean is a preferred Balkan nomination model for the crop Phaseolus vulgaris, brought from South America to Europe in the first half of the sixteenth century. For instance, Modern Greek φασόλι, φασούλι has undergone a semantic transition from ‘cowpea, Vigna unguiculata’ to ‘bean, Phaseolus vulgaris’. After a review of the debate on the etymology of Modern Greek φασόλι, φασούλι, the article presents the direct borrowing of Bulgarian фасỳл, Albanian fasule, Aromanian făsúl’e, făsúl’ĭŭ, Turkish fasulye, Romanian fasule, fasole, Serbian пасуљ and, possibly, also Megleno-Romanian făsúl’ from the Greek. It draws attention to the different variants of those Southeast European loanwords, their areas of distribution and chronology, and contributes to the exploration of their history and etymology. It also highlights the role of Serbian пасуљ as a mediator in the further expansion of the Modern Greek word across Southeastern Europe in Hungarian paszuly, Romanian păsulă, păsui, Albanian pasul, pasule, pasu:l and Bulgarian пасỳл’.

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