Șchei
Şchei (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 once colonized by Bulgarians, in toponyms (Dealu Schiaului near Rășinari), hydronyms (Schiau River, tributary to the Argeş River), surnames (Schiau, Şchiau).[1] The word is thought to derive from Latin sclavis, a popular designation for the South Slavs (Bulgarians and Serbs in particular) that was also used in Albanian (in the form shqa and various dialectal variants[2]) until the 20th century.[3]
Şchei villages in Transylvania[edit]
Among the towns or neighbourhoods bearing that trace of Bulgarian settlement are:[1]
- Şcheii Braşovului in Braşov (Hungarian: Bolgárszeg, German: Belgerei, traditional Romanian name: Bulgărimea)
- Cergău Mic in Alba County (archaic Romanian: Cergău Şcheiesc, archaic Hungarian: Bolgárcserged)
Other villages in Transylvania that used to be inhabited by various waves of Bulgarians were Cergău Mare, Bungard, Sibiu, Vințu de Jos, Deva, Rusciori, Sibiu, Râşnov.[4]
Şchei villages in Wallachia[edit]
- Şchei, a quarter and former independent settlement in Câmpulung.
- Schiau village in the Bascov commune, Argeş County
- Schiau (Urlaţi) and Schiau (Valea Călugărească) in Prahova County.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Muşlea, Şcheii de la Cergău…
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (12 January 2009). "Sclavus "Slawe" im Albanischen: Sprach- und Kulturkontakt im Spiegel der Geschichte eines Ethnikons". VideoOnline (in German). Munich: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Гюзелев, Боян (2004). Албанци в Източните Балкани (in Bulgarian). София: Международен център за изследване на малцинствата и културните взаимодействия. pp. p. 13. ISBN 954-8872-45-5.
- ^ Балкански, Трансилванските (седмиградските) българи…
- Ion Muşlea, Şcheii 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. pp. p. 71.
- Балкански, Т. (1996). Трансилванските (седмиградските) българи. Етнос. Език. Етнонимия. Ономастика. Просопографии (in Bulgarian). Велико Търново: ИК “Знак ‘94”.
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