Edinstveni Makedonski Zborovi - Unique Macedonian Words (postable)

[United MKD]

Cool thread, always interesting discussions when it comes to our words.

For watermelon I say 'karpus' which is Turk I'm sure, while the Macedonian reference is 'lubenica'. Another one is for a hand cloth I would say 'krpa' while for a towel I would say 'riza' or 'peshkir'. I'm not too sure about the word peshkir or where it derives from. I know many who say krpa for a towel and cloth as one.

[Soldier of Macedon]

We say 'krpa' in my family for any sort of towel, and that is the only word I know to have been used by other Macedonians I have met, irrespective of where they hail from. The word 'peshkir' appears to be a Turkish loanword (maybe Persian originally?), and Albanians also use it. I have never heard of this word till now.

[United MKD]

The word riza is from the Struga dialect from what I know many people in the area say it while peshkir I assume is a village word that has just stuck. I like to differentiate between a hand cloth and a towel anyway.

[George S.]

from the bitolsko area we say krpa,in ohridsko it's riza,lubenica in biyolsko,karpush ohridsko.
pepon bitolsko,ohrid dince for rockmellon.When i heard the word for krpa was also riza i freaked out because i never expected more variations on words.There is ptcelli,shoes,ossi,
bees,konduri,mistry bitolsko vledgki ohridsko.
peskir i thought you are walking peski but obviously its another word for krpa.

[Soldier of Macedon]

In the Bitola dialect the pronounciation for 'watermelon' is generally lubeintsa, whereas lubenitsa is literary Macedonian.

[ProMKD]

We say 'krpa' in my family for any sort of towel, and that is the only word I know to have been used by other Macedonians I have met, irrespective of where they hail from. The word 'peshkir' appears to be a Turkish loanword (maybe Persian originally?), and Albanians also use it. I have never heard of this word till now.

SoM, almost 90% of the people in Skopje call a bath or beach towel "Peshkir" nowadays. I know that Bitola and other cities call them krpa often. In modern Skopje, krpa usually means kitchen towel, rag, or smaller than a bathing towel. Very interesting!

[Dejan]

I know the croats also use the word peshkir for towel, and only use krpa for hand towel

[Risto the Great]

In the Bitola dialect the pronounciation for 'watermelon' is generally lubeintsa, whereas lubenitsa is literary Macedonian.

It is indeed literary Macedonian but it also is Lerinsko as well.
On the other hand Bitoltsi are actually Greeks and always get their words wrong.

[Soldier of Macedon]

It is indeed literary Macedonian but it also is Lerinsko as well.

Lerinsko is Bitolsko with an accent

[Soldier of Macedon]

SoM, almost 90% of the people in Skopje call a bath or beach towel "Peshkir" nowadays. I know that Bitola and other cities call them krpa often. In modern Skopje, krpa usually means kitchen towel, rag, or smaller than a bathing towel. Very interesting!

Thanks for the information ProMKD. The only time I differentiate is by adding the diminutive suffix 'che' to the word 'krpa', so 'krpche' for a smaller towel.

[makedonche]

Lerinsko is Bitolsko with an accent

SoM
No...no,,,no,,,, we originated in Lerinsko and migrated to Bitolsko, that's why they have forgotten some of the words...strayed too far from home!

[George S.]

Does anyone know the word for bostan where did that originate?.which is the farming of watermelons,rockmelons.It sounds kind of turkish.

[makedonche]

Does anyone know the word for bostan where did that originate?.which is the farming of watermelons,rockmelons.It sounds kind of turkish.

George
I'm pretty sure that's a Kotorski/Lerinsko word mate, Iv'e been using it all my life and so have my ancestors!

[Soldier of Macedon]

SoM
No...no,,,no,,,, we originated in Lerinsko and migrated to Bitolsko, that's why they have forgotten some of the words...strayed too far from home!

Lol, nah mate, the language was simply beautified in Bitola

[makedonche]

Lol, nah mate, the language was simply beautified in Bitola

..hahahah!!!...you can tell we're Maco's, genuine originals to the core!