Șchei (Bulgarian: шкеи, shkei) was an old Romanian exonym referring to the Bulgarians, especially in Transylvania and northern Wallachia. As a name, it has been preserved in the names of towns colonized in the 14th century by Bulgarians, in toponyms (Dealu Schiaului near Rășinari), hydronyms (Schiau River, tributary to the Argeş River), surnames (Schiau, Șchiau).[1] The word is thought to derive from Latin sclavis, a popular designation for the South Slavs (Bulgarians and Serbs in particular) that is still used in Albanian (in the form shkja and various dialectal variants[2]).[3]
Șchei villages in Transylvania
editAmong the towns or neighbourhoods bearing that trace of Bulgarian settlement are:[1]
- Șcheii Brașovului in Brașov (Hungarian: Bolgárszeg, German: Belgerei, traditional Romanian name: Bulgărimea)
- Cergău Mic in Alba County (archaic Romanian: Cergău Șcheiesc, archaic Hungarian: Bolgárcserged)
Other places in Transylvania that used to be inhabited by various waves of Bulgarians were Cergău Mare, Bungard, Vințu de Jos, Deva, Rusciori and Râșnov.[4]
Șchei villages in Wallachia and Moldavia
edit- Șchei, a quarter and former independent settlement in Câmpulung settled by Bogomil Bulgarians.[5]
- Schiau village in Bascov commune, Argeș County
- Schiau (Urlați) and Schiau (Valea Călugărească) in Prahova County
- Șcheia commune in Suceava County
- Șcheia commune in Iași County
- Șcheia village in Alexandru Ioan Cuza commune, Iași County
References
edit- ^ a b Mușlea, Șcheii de la Cergău…
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (12 January 2009). "Sclavus "Slawe" im Albanischen: Sprach- und Kulturkontakt im Spiegel der Geschichte eines Ethnikons" (PDF). VideoOnline (in German). Munich: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Retrieved 4 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Гюзелев, Боян (2004). Албанци в Източните Балкани (PDF) (in Bulgarian). София: Международен център за изследване на малцинствата и културните взаимодействия. p. 13. ISBN 954-8872-45-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ Балкански, Трансилванските (седмиградските) българи…
- ^ Rădvan, Laurențiu (2010). At Europe's Borders: Medieval Towns in the Romanian Principalities. Translated by Valentin Cîrdei. Brill. p. 267. ISBN 9789004180109.
Further reading
edit- Ion Mușlea, Șcheii de la Cergău şi folclorul lor, Cluj 1928.
- Милетич, Любомир (1987). "В Чергед". Изследвания за българите в Седмиградско и Банат (in Bulgarian). София: Наука и изкуство. p. 71.
- Балкански, Т. (1996). Трансилванските (седмиградските) българи. Етнос. Език. Етнонимия. Ономастика. Просопографии (in Bulgarian). Велико Търново: ИК "Знак '94".
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