Turkish Culinary Terminology in Bulgarian. A Historical Approach

Ilya Zlatanov
Sofia

https://doi.org/10.53656/for23.141turs

Abstract. This article describes the origin of a number of culinary terms that penetrated the Bulgarian language through Turkish mediation. The Ottoman Turkish language contains a significant layer of Arabic and Persian vocabulary, which has also entered the Bulgarian language. Some of the Arabic vocabulary was inherited from Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ, and from the Akkadian language of Babylon and Assyria, and Persian - from the language of the Zend Avesta. As a result, Bulgarian culinary terminology preserves an ancient heritage.
Keywords: cuisine; cooking; history; etymology; Turkish; Arabic; Persian

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