"Inat" - a common word for the Balkans

[Levenspiel]

Budala
Sokak
Bodrum
Bayrak

[purple]

Hey guys! well i have the common words list between Greek and Turkish that i wanted to share with you. i have been to Greece for few times, and i was amazed to find out that there were many common words.

[chrisfiss]

Hey guys! well i have the common words list between Greek and Turkish that i wanted to share with you. i have been to Greece for few times, and i was amazed to find out that there were many common words.

cool! in crete until recently the word abla (sister) was used. my grandma use this word sometimes.

[qiangdade]

Hey guys! well i have the common words list between Greek and Turkish that i wanted to share with you. i have been to Greece for few times, and i was amazed to find out that there were many common words.

This is a great list. Of course these are not all greek words that derive from turkish, there are many turkish that derive from greek in the list. Some of the greek that derive from turkish ones are not used anymore (or i haven't heard of them), and due to the different alphabet some greek words are pronounced differently than the latin alphabet transliteration suggests. Still a great list though.

[Storm]

budrumi: underground prison(?)

bodrum means basement, so you werent that far off haha

[purple]

This is a great list. Of course these are not all greek words that derive from turkish, there are many turkish that derive from greek in the list. Some of the greek that derive from turkish ones are not used anymore (or i haven't heard of them), and due to the different alphabet some greek words are pronounced differently than the latin alphabet transliteration suggests. Still a great list though.

sure there is mutual effect between these languages. i was once in a festival with Greeks, and when we didn't know the english name of the thing(usually food) we just started to call them in our language and it was so amazing to understand eachother suddenly! i can say that there are some similarities grammatically too..

[ArkadiosV2]

sure there is mutual effect between these languages. i was once in a festival with Greeks, and when we didn't know the english name of the thing(usually food) we just started to call them in our language and it was so amazing to understand eachother suddenly! i can say that there are some similarities grammatically too..

I always said that 'dolma' was the most important Turkish-Greek word. Even if you don't understand a fuck what the other says, you just eat a dolma and everything is good.

[purple]

I always said that 'dolma' was the most important Turkish-Greek word. Even if you don't understand a fuck what the other says, you just eat a dolma and everything is good.

Dolma is a great food, you probably know it comes from a verb -dolma means to fill or be filled.
but what made me surprised most is that you have also imam-bayildi. you have even a great band called imam-baildi who gave a concert in istanbul early this year.

[Sin Borisko]

Wow! I didn't even imagine how many similar words we have with Turkish. Well, I mean, we took from Turkish ( slightly changed, of course).

[purple]

Talking about food, can anyone tell me the name of this delicious meze i have eaten in Thessaloniki? it is one of my favourite and tastes great..[IMG][/IMG]

[qiangdade]

Talking about food, can anyone tell me the name of this delicious meze i have eaten in Thessaloniki? it is one of my favourite and tastes great..[IMG][/IMG]

looks like feta-cheese in a pan with some vegetable dressing. Probably some kind of feta saganaki.

[purple]

looks like feta-cheese in a pan with some vegetable dressing. Probably some kind of feta saganaki.

thank you! i feel there was another name but i may be wronge..

Sin Borisko Wow! I didn't even imagine how many similar words we have with Turkish. Well, I mean, we took from Turkish ( slightly changed, of course).

i was in Skopje once upon a time, and some of the guys i met there could understand me, i was surprised to know those guys knew some old turkish words that we don't use them now. however i haven't been to Belgrade yet
but interesting to know you have also many similar words from Turkish..

[ArkadiosV2]

I've eaten it but not cooked in the oven on a pan but on coal grill inside foil.

Damn I can't remember the name either... will ask around tomorrow though

[purple]

I've eaten it but not cooked in the oven on a pan but on coal grill inside foil.

Damn I can't remember the name either... will ask around tomorrow though

well i think i just found out that it's "buyurdu". right?

[ArkadiosV2]

well i think i just found out that it's "buyurdu". right?

Exactly! In Greece it's called 'buyurdi'

[MAJSTOREX]

Wow! I didn't even imagine how many similar words we have with Turkish. Well, I mean, we took from Turkish ( slightly changed, of course).

Ofcourse you have many similar words you were a vasal to the ottoman empire and your linguistic rule" write as you speak" realy made things even easier

[ArkadiosV2]

alisverisi

[Wu-Tang]

bodrum means basement, so you werent that far off haha

Podrum in Serbo-Croatian. The word "rum" means room in Scandinavian. After all, the Scandinavs in Anatolya some 500-1000 yrs ago as traders and on war-campaigns. Perhaps the Turks added "bod" to the word rum, meaning literally "the room underneath" (hence basement).

[Beva]

I know there's a lot of Turkish words often used in Herzegovina, and some of them are even in official language...

Examples:

Jastuk - pillow
Jorgan - don't know the exact translation, but that's stuffed blanket
Čaršaf - also a sort of blanket
Fildžan - coffee cup
Merak (often used in Bosnia) - satisfaction
Dolma - food, already mentioned above, exists here too
Similar to dolma, there are sarma and japrak

Hell, even the name of my town, Čitluk, is a Turkish word, and if I remember it well, it means something like 'property'...

[ArkadiosV2]

Fildžan - coffee cup
Merak (often used in Bosnia) - satisfaction

Flidza= flitzani in Greek
Merak= meraki in Greek