From: e.karloukovski@uea.ac.uk (Vassil Karloukovski) Subject: Re: The Bulgars are Bulgars (Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars) Date: 25 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <7fuohl$ori@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> References: <36ca073a.16343620@news.yale.edu> <36cca3ed.14676934@news.yale.edu> <36cca75c.15555467@news.yale.edu> <36cf2980.190197920@news.yale.edu> <36dee7fa.108219411@news.yale.edu> <36e40f21.4849643@news.yale.edu> <7c6hs4$va@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <36f6aeef.439178515@news.yale.edu> <7dajnt$ssk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7ei51h$4m5$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <370cf95d.8677457@news.yale.edu> <7en884$1t8@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> <3712427B.DA4346AA@mbay.net> <3713a994.660219@news.yale.edu> <371BFCD7.98263C22@montclair.edu> <372220bb.143446995@news.yale.edu> <37226EDB.7038A129@montclair.edu> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Organization: University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.lang In article <37226EDB.7038A129@montclair.edu>, Mark.Hubey@montclair.edu says... ... >I see something similar in the seasons. KIsh (winter) was time to >hunker down. The word for barracks in Turkish (kIshla) likely from >something like kIshlak is exactly that. The word for 'building' in >Dobrev which V. Karloukov has on his webpage is 'kIshda' (d-bolgaric >again). it is "k@shta" (house) in bulgarian. The other word for house - "dom", is less frequently used. "k@shta" - from: tadzhik "kash, k@sht" (house), pashto "k@zhd@j" (the same), pamirian "k@sht, k@shcha, kucha", wakhi village names Kergez-kucha, Wuch-k@shcha, K@sht [Grjunberg, Steblin-Kamenskij, Vakhanskij jazIk, M., 1976, p. 525-535] + saka khotanese "kushda" (palace, big house) from the avestan "kaozda" [Sredne-Iraniskie JazIki, M., 1980, p. 270-300, 446] Regards, Vassil K. Spring would obviously be the time for them to start spreading >out with their flocks, hence 'cay' (yay, yayil, yayla, yaylak). So the >name of the river 'daichs' is a dead give away. Furthermore the word >'kash' (winter or fall) could easily be related to 'kar' (snow), again >notice the r~z, l~sh, or l~z connections. Things don't have to be 100% >regular, they never are. > >-- >Best Regards, >Mark >-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >hubeyh@montclair.edu =-=-=-= http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~hubey >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=