From: e.karloukovski@uea.ac.uk (Vassil Karloukovski)
Subject: Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars
Date: 24 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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In article <371e5362.14471999@news.yale.edu>, cluster.user@yale.edu says...


>apprarently dobrev recently came up with some "pamirian" word CHAR,
>with which according to dobrev until recently (until the 19th c.)
>these people used to denote their highest ruler. he takles this to be
>the origin of tsar.

...
>lorimer "wakhi grammer, part II) has c,@rbu (with the note c,h ? i.e.
>the c, may be aspirated) "a minor village official". then "Cp. Kho.
>and Sh. c,h@rbu ,  Bur. c,@rbu, "


if wakhi, etc. c,@rbu -> bulg. chorbadzhi, chorbadzhija (master, boss; rich
man), then Dobrev probably had in mind another word char, which already fell
off use in the 19th c.


VK