Old Bulgar words preserved in the modern Bulgarian language: SHT - JA

SHT.
 

Modern Bulgarian	Eastern analogies		Cluster_user's ottoman parallels
SHTE – will, shall	SHETE, SHAT, DZE (‘will, shall’) [DIE, 257-260]	Dardic
SHTERICA – a barren sheep	STERAJ (‘barren sheep’) [ARS, MGA, etc.]	Pashto
SHTERNA – a spout, a tap	Compare to the Kurd SHTORN (the same) [KRS, 460]		Better to compare it to ModGk "sterna", meaning the same, which comes from MiddleGk kisterna < Lat. cisterna (comp. Eng. cistern). Actually, the Latin word is a loan from Ancient Greek "kiste" (Nikos Sarantakos).
SHTIR – a type of weed, amaranth	STIR (‘a type of grass’) – Pamirian	Pamirian
SHTRAKAM – to click, to snap	SHTRAK (‘to click’) [ARS, MGA]	Pashto
SHTUR – stupid, crazy	STOR (‘sweepings’) [AG, 357]	Mundzhani
SHTUREC – a cricket (insect)	SHTUR (‘big, long-legged’) [AG, 357]	Mundzhani

 
 
JA.
 

Modern Bulgarian	Eastern analogies		Cluster_user's ottoman parallels
JAN – a side leather strap of a horse bridle	Compare to the Pamirian JAND (‘a side’) [GASK, 507]	Wakhi
JAKHR – a stable	Identical to the Persian AKHAR [SIJa, 58] and the Pamirian AKHOR	Pamirian	turk. ahIr (axIr) < pers. a:xu:r

 
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