On family names from denominations of activities related to animal husbandry

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Pages: 287-303

Abstract:

The subject of analysis in the article are 63 family names based on 15 traditional but a bit forgotten, denominations of occupations (nomina auctoris/oficii), related to the raisng of animals. Almost all of these denominations are Turkish loan words: 1) *àéãàðàäæèÿ ‘one who breeds stallions’; 2) *áàëàáàíäæèÿ ‘one who raises hunting falcons’/ one who tames bears’; 3) *áà÷àð ‘a shepherd of a flock of sheep ; 4) *èòáàøèÿ ‘one who raises dogs’; 5) éîç÷èÿ ‘a shepherd of barren sheep’; 6) êàðàø£ê ‘one who keeps sheep in a special sheep-fold in the fields’; 7) *êàñ÷£ÿ ‘geese-keeper’; 8) *êî÷ìàðë£ÿ ‘a shepherd of rams’; 9) *êóø÷£ÿ ‘1. falcon-keeper; 2. one who raises singing birds; 10) ìúíçàð ‘a shepherd of milk sheep; 11) ñîâàò÷èÿ ‘one who collects cattle for grazing; 12) ñàðòìˆ÷ / *ñúðòìàäæèÿ ‘one who grazes heifers: 13) *ñþðþäæèÿ ‘one who tends sheep or other cattle’; 14) õàò÷èÿ ‘one who breeds studs’; 15) *þêþñ÷èÿ ‘a herdsman’. Some of these denominations of occupations give rise not just to one family name, as can be expected, but to a larger number of family names which are sound versions of the same stem. On analysing their origin and meaning which is the main aim of the study, special attention is paid to the sound changes to which they were subjected in the oral dialectal speech in various parts of the country.

Keywords:

family name, nomina auctoris/oficii, occupations related to animal husbandry, sound changes

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