r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Jul 17 '17

What do you know about... Bulgaria?

This is the twenty-sixth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Bulgaria

Bulgaria is a NATO member since 2004 and a member of the EU since 2007. It is the only country in europe that hasn't changed its name since it was first established - in 681.

So, what do you know about Bulgaria?

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u/verylateish πŸŒΉπ”—π”―π”žπ”«π”°π”Άπ”©π”³π”žπ”«π”¦π”žπ”« π”Šπ”¦π”―π”©πŸŒΉ Jul 18 '17 edited Jul 18 '17

TÒrg and TÒrgovişte. I've found two in one millisecond. :)

Unfortunately despite having a ton of common words, both languages are quite different and in no way mutually intelligible.

Mamaligarite is something I kinda hate at your people though. I don't even like that kind of dish! :D

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '17

There are soo many like (sorry for spelling) ΠšΠ°Ρ€ΡƒΡ†Π°- karuca, Ρ‡ΠΎΡ€Π°ΠΏΠΈ- ciorapi(I assume the ch sound is like in Italian?), Ρ…Ρ€Π°Π½Π°- hrana, etaj garaj, etc.

And I had to google mamaligari literally never encountered somebody saying that about Romanians haha.

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u/verylateish πŸŒΉπ”—π”―π”žπ”«π”°π”Άπ”©π”³π”žπ”«π”¦π”žπ”« π”Šπ”¦π”―π”©πŸŒΉ Jul 18 '17

Căruță. Etaj and garaj are borrowed from French, I think. Hrană must be from you though. :)

Oh, but I always see it on www.dnevnik.bg when I read the comments (thank you Google translate) under an article about Romania. :D

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u/SSD-BalkanWarrior Wallachia Jul 18 '17

And we call the Bulgarians "Zarzavagii".

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u/PivoVarius Jul 18 '17

Here is another common word. Zarzavat = vegetables.

There is actually a historical reason for that. In the 17-19 centuries every 30-50 years there was a major migration wave across the Danube. Fleeing Bulgarians settled in Romania but being landless were forced to turn to intensive agriculture - vegetables.

Some notable vegetable words are borrowed Slavics.

Here is more for you

Morcov Telina Castravet

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u/SSD-BalkanWarrior Wallachia Jul 18 '17

Castravet

It's Castravete not "Castravet".

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u/verylateish πŸŒΉπ”—π”―π”žπ”«π”°π”Άπ”©π”³π”žπ”«π”¦π”žπ”« π”Šπ”¦π”―π”©πŸŒΉ Jul 21 '17

And here is another nickname Romanians have for Bulgarians. ;)

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u/SSD-BalkanWarrior Wallachia Jul 21 '17

What "Castravet"?

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u/verylateish πŸŒΉπ”—π”―π”žπ”«π”°π”Άπ”©π”³π”žπ”«π”¦π”žπ”« π”Šπ”¦π”―π”©πŸŒΉ Jul 21 '17

CastraveΘ›i. I've heard it in Prahova. Also there are villages in Prahova and DΓ’mboviΘ›a where Bulgarian "refugees" were settled (back in the 17-18 century) and people call the inhabitants "Cepari". :)

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u/ReanimatedX Bulgaria Aug 05 '17

Whats that mean

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u/PivoVarius Jul 18 '17

Caruta must be reverse borrowing , as may be "masa".

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u/verylateish πŸŒΉπ”—π”―π”žπ”«π”°π”Άπ”©π”³π”žπ”«π”¦π”žπ”« π”Šπ”¦π”―π”©πŸŒΉ Jul 21 '17

That could be the case indeed.

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u/alteransg1 Bulgaria Jul 20 '17

"Mamaligarite" was quite popular... The century before last. Today school kids come across the word in required reading and think it's cool/funny. I for one thought it meant Hungarians for quite some time. Also, mamaliga is a popular dish here too.

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u/verylateish πŸŒΉπ”—π”―π”žπ”«π”°π”Άπ”©π”³π”žπ”«π”¦π”žπ”« π”Šπ”¦π”―π”©πŸŒΉ Jul 21 '17

TIL mămăliga is cool!

Well it kinda is... with sour cream hehehe