Loan Words in the Speech of Pontic Greeks in Ajara

Abstract

Language influence and culture fusion resulted lexic derivatives give an interesting 9icture. We have presented quite big variety of borrowed vocabulary into Pontics’ speech by the influence of Turkish, Russian and Georgian languages.

Our work regards the ways and forms of morphological integration of borrowed vocabulary, which is quite interesting.

The borrowed lexics: mustache – πουίχια(puikhia) (Pont.)-μουστάκι (contemp. Greek), comp Turk. Biyik- mustache. It’s widespread in the Lazi – buჲughi. This word was borrowed from Turkish in the Adjarian, Shavshi, Klarji, and Tao (Chokharadze...,2015:512).It’s confirmed in the Pontic - Μουστάκ(ι ).

Bedsheet[ch]αρ[ch]άφ(charchap) (Pont.)- σεντόνι (sentoni) (contemp. Greek), comp. Turk. Carsaf-bedsheets, in the Pontic –σεντόν.

Hat – [sh]άπκαν(shapkan) (Pont.) – καπέλο / πίλος (kapelo/pilos) (contemp. Greek), comp.Rus. Шарка-ა Adjar. Shapkha –hat cylinder;

umbrella- ζόντικον- (zontikon) (Pont.) –ομπρέλα (ombrela) (contemp. Greek), compRus. Зоитик- umbrella;

buffalo- [ch]αμέ[sh] [contemp. Greek – βούβαλος,old Greek – oJ bouvbalo~], comp. Geo. Buffalo;

fist – μούστα (musta) (Pont.) –γροθιά (ghrotia) –fist (contemp. Greek). Comp.Geo.fist;