WHAT DOES KURORT MEAN?

Ilya Zlatanov

https://doi.org/10.53656/for21.67kakv

Abstract. The article examines the evolvement of the Bulgarian word kurort in historical terms. The first part discusses the practices of using the healing power of nature from ancient times to the present day. Special attention is paid to balneology in Bulgaria as evidenced by numerous settlements named Banya, lit. ‘bath’. Next, an analysis is made of the word kurort and its dissimilarity from the corresponding English and French terms. The emergence of the concept of Kurort in the German language is associated with the general development of medicine from the XIV century onwards, when the medical terminology changed.
Keywords: kurort; healing; spa; recreational activities; historical lexicology

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