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Subject: Re: The Bulgars are Bulgars (Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars)
Date: 31 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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>DZHOP - a big stick (in the district of Stara Zagora, etc.) In 
>expressions such as "Udari mu edin dzhop!"
>
>From the Pamirian CHOB ('a club, a cudgel') [RPDS, 444]
>

turk. cop (< chop) "cudgle", in common with persian

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>ZAMAN - an epoch
>
>[SRS, 220]

turk. zaman "epoch, time" < `ar. zama:n

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>JOROKLICA - in expression such as "Nevestice, joroklice" ("Oh, you bride, 
>you joroklica"), "Nevestice, oruglice", etc. The Bulgarian etymological 
>dictionary [BER, II, 108] correctly pointed to the similarity with 
>JORUGVA/KHORUGVA ('a gonfalon'), which itself is unclear. 
>
>From the Mundzhani, also Persian, JORO ('a prayer to God') [AG, 390], 
>also YO-RAP ('a call to God, a promise before God') [GASK, 510]

YORO < YO RAP < `ar. (ya: rabb "o lord!"), ya: rabbi "o my lord!"

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>KESHKI - a common folk exclamation, with a self-reproaching meaning. 
>("KESHKI da bjah napravil!" = "Why 
>didn't I do something!")
>
>Identical to the Pamirian exclamation KOSHKI [IJa, 210]
>

turk. ke$ki, ke$ke "would that" < pers. ka:$ki(h), ka:$ki:

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>KOTIGA - a loose coat (archaic, obsolete) 
>
>From the Pamirian KOT ('a coat') [RPDS, 445] + the suffix -IGA as in 
>words such as LEVENDIGA ('a height, a hill'), KALBUZIGA ('a jacket 
>made of goat-skin') [AG, GASk, etc.]

pashto ko^t. (retroflex t) < eng. coat

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>MATI-MASKARA - in the expression "Napravih go MATI-MASKARA" ("I made 
>him MATI-MASKARA")
>
>From the Pashto MATI ('a defeat, a debacle') [RPDS, 643; ARS, 466], 
>and MASKARA ('a ruin') [AG, 324]. MATI-MASKARA meant 'defeated ruins', 
>or, otherwise - 'pitiful remains'.
>

turk. maskara "bufoon" < `ar. masxara(t) (nativized loan)

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>PAS - "pass" (in cards)
>
>Compare to the Pashto PAS ('after') [ARS, 109]
>

eng. pass (> turk.)

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