Borozan (Serbian Cyrillic: Борозан) is a Serbian-Montenegrin and Croatian, surname, meaning "trumpeter". The etymology of the word is Ottoman Turkish, from the native Turkish boru ("pipe", "tube", "trumpet", "bugle") and the Persian suffix -zen or -zan denoting one who plays an instrument.[1]
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Serbo-Croatian |
| Meaning | "trumpeter" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Borozanović |
People named Borozan include:
- Vuko Borozan (born 1994), Montenegrin handball player
- Ranko Borozan (1933–2020), former Yugoslav footballer
This page lists people with the surname Borozan.
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Anthropology
edit- The Borozan brotherhood in Ceklin (in Montenegro), according to tradition, originate from a ban Radivoj, which is supported from a document dating to 1609.[2] The Borozani and Lompari of Ceklin are related, claiming the same ancestor, who is believed to have settled in Bokovo from Strugare, originally from Burovik.[3] The brotherhood has the slava of Đurđic (St. George).[2] A Borozan family settled in Cetinje in 1807.[4]
- A Borozan family was among the ktetors (donators) to the building (1847–51) of the Church of St. Nicholas in Kumanovo (in R. Macedonia).[5]
- A Borozan brotherhood headed by brothers Đuro, Stojan and Uroš who together had 18 children lived in Mostar (in Bosnia and Herzegovina) during World War II; most of the family were killed by the Ustasha.[6]
- A Borozan brotherhood lived in Košutica and Borova (in Leposavić, Kosovo) prior to World War II.[7]
References
edit- ^ Vladimir Anić; et al. "'borozan' in the Croatian dictionary" (in Croatian). Znanje. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ a b Mihailo P. Borozan (1960). Prilog istorijskog prošlosti Ceklinskog plemena: (Bokovo od naseljenja do 1941 god.). pp. 22–27.
- ^ Јован Л Вукмановић; Обрен Благојевић (1988). Црмница, антропогеографска и етнолошка испитивања: antropogeografska i etnološka ispitivanja. Српска академија наука и уметности. p. 63. ISBN 978-86-7025-100-7.
- ^ Glasnik cetinjskih muzeja. Vol. 7–9. 1974. p. 119.
- ^ Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević (1909). Južna stara Srbija: istorijska, etnografska i politička istraživanja. Nova stamparija Davidović. pp. 556–.
- ^ NIN. nedeljne informativne novine. Politika. 1975. p. 56.
- ^ Srpski etnografski zbornik. Vol. 60–61. Akademija. 1950. pp. 153, 212, 216.