Lexical Borrowing in Gostivar Turkish
© Şirin Tufan
Lexical borrowing is predominantly from Macedonian:
| Animals: | maçka (cat), şatka (duck) |
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| Profession/status: | me(h)aniçar (mechanic), elektriçar (electrician), stomatolog (dentist), sestra (nurse), apotekarka (pharmacist), direktor (director), student (student), privatnik (having business in the private sector) |
| Subject areas: | meditsina (medicine), farmatsiya (pharmacy), stomatologiya (dentistry), ekonomiya (economy), industrisko (industrial studies) |
| School terminology: | ispit (exam), finalen ispit (final eam), struçni ispit (professional exam), kolokfiyum (colloquium), usmeno (oral exam), pismeno (written exam), praktiçno (practical exam), poen (mark), diploma (diploma), sesiya (exam period), generatsiya (generation), matura (graduation) |
| Institutions: | teatar (theatre), fakultet (faculty), legalen univerzitet (legal university), vodovod (water board), kanalizatsiya (infrastructure), militsiya (police), armiya (army), ordinatsiya (dental surgery), klinika (clinic), kafiç (cafeteria), pitseriya (pizzeria), autobuska stanitsa (bus station) |
| Housing terminology: | kuyna (kitchen), patos (flooring), şifunyer (cabinet), regal (modern furniture), kožni kauç (leather sofa), parno (central heating), radiator (radiator), garaja (garage), satelitska (satellite) |
| Some Nouns: | grç (cramp), gips (plaster), longeta (type of plaster), zavoy (bandage), kniska (book of medical record), karton (medical record), uloga (role), pauza (intermezzo), zvuçnost (sound), aktsiya (action), fantaziya (fantasy), muzika (music), kaseta (cassette), elektrika (electricity), bliznak (twin), sok (fruit juice), pudra (make-up powder), spetsiyalizatsiya (specialization), tragediya (tragedy), penziya (pension), funktsiya (function) |
| Adjectives: | moderno (fashionable), priyaveno (registered), internatsionalno (international) |
| Adverbs: | spetsifiçno (specifically), ofitsiyalno (officially), privatno (privately), finansiski (financially) |