place names

Stančov Han 3

28 (c) vəstìlci sə kàzvə i b’àə kəm čitìrisi kɤ̀šti

that’s called Vastiltsi. There were forty houses or so,

Stikŭl 3

68 (a) gl’ɔ̀daj zgà ətùka zət tùrlata nìj ìməme pàk ə təkòvə ədìn

Look here. We have, here behind Turla another one like that

69 (a) ə zət tùrlasa ìma tvà gu zuvèm tùrlata

behind Turla there’s this – we call [that place] Turla

71 (a) visò̝kusu

the high [place here].

72 (PSh) ot kɤdè ìdva tovà ìme

And where does that name come from?

73 (a) tùrlata istàtak ìma adnɔ̀ cèrkvɨca è napràvena cɤ̀rkvɨca ut starìnnu ò̝šte

Beyond Turla there’s a little church, a church built way back in olden times.

95 (a) zàt tùrlasa vìš etàm kadè visò̝ko zdì unuvà

beyond Turla. You see where that high [place] is over there?

96 (a) səgà sa kàzva tùrlata gà vɤ rɤkò na tùrlata ta istàtačko envà

Now it’s called Turla. When I said to you “in Turla”, [I meant] that [place] on the other side.

97 (a) ač’ìk enəkvò̝ gò̝lu gò̝lu tarlì lyvàdɨ i cɤ̀rkvicana je tàm

[It’s] open and rather bare, bare, fields, meadows, and the little church is there

109 (PSh) ami znàeš li zə zaštò se kàzva tùrlata tàm gòre

But do you know why [that place] up there is called Turla?

110 (a) unvà sa kàzva sìn tùrlata

That [place] is called Turla, son.

111 (PSh) ama zaštò zaštò se kàzva takà

But why? Why is it called that?

112 (a) əm kàk da vɤ kàža à č’ɛ̀kaj da vɤ kàža

Well how can I tell you? Ah, wait! I’ll tell you –

113 (a) jɛ̀ gu ìmam atùka na adnɔ̀ knìga vɤsòku vrɤ̀x

I have it here in a book, way high up on top.

122 (a) ètu gu zgà ètu gu zgà na vərhɤ̀ kakvò e ìmalu

Here it is! Here it is, up on the summit, what there was said to have been.

127 (a) vid’è li zgà asvà

Did you see it now?

129 (a) vidɛ̀hte lì gu svà gu e svà gu e imàlu

Did you [both] see it? This [thing], this [thing] was there

130 (a) prez tùrsku vrɛ̀m’a na tùrlata

during the Turkish times! In Turla.

Tŭrnjane 1

1 (ED) i i štò sa kàzva tṛnjàne

So why – why is [the village] called Tŭrnyane [“Thorn-place”]?

2 (a) štò e imàlo mnògo tṛ̀n’e

Because there used to be a lot of thorns

25 (a) i sә go kṛstìle tṛn’àne

And so they called [the village] Thorn-place

Vŭrbovo 3

9 (c) za tìja u granìtovo štò bilò tùrsko u granìtovo

[He wrote] about these – [It was] in Granitovo, that used to be Turkish. In Granitovo –

10 (VZh) u kalùger dètu go zovèšeu pò ràno

In Kaluger, as they used to call it?

12 (VZh) kalùger nalì kalùger mu e stàroto ìme

Kaluger! Wasn’t Kaluger its former name?

13 (c) e tekà e kalùger sɤ̀k i otišlì tùrci da sàkaju devòk’u

That’s right, it’s Kaluger now. So these Turks went off to ask a girl’s hand [in marriage].

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