Quince in the cultures and languages of the Albanian-Slavic borderland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6015207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Domosiletskaya M (0000-0002-5599-7878), A Novik (0000-0002-1123-1109) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Pages | 35-45 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnology and Culturology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1857-2049 • E-ISSN: 2537-6152 |
| Publisher | Inst. Patrimoniului Cultural (IPC) (PUBLISHER • MD) |
| DOI | 10.52603/rec.2024.36.05 |
| OpenAlex | W4405891377 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The role of certain plants, and especially the importance of quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) in the nutritional culture of the peoples of the Western Balkans, is extremely exaggerated. The article deals with the Common quince, which is grown in commercial quantities in Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia and other countries in the region, with special attention to the territories of the immediate Albanian-Slavic borderland. The study is based on many years of field research in the Balkans (1990–2024) and data from specialized archives. The authors analyze the use of quince for food purposes, folk medicine, and the reflection of ideas about the beloved fruit in folklore and written tradition. Quince primarily serves as a raw material for the preparation of sweet desserts and alcoholic drinks; it is rarely consumed raw. The stability of narratives about the cultivation of the plant and the use of its fruits for various purposes allows us to draw certain isoglosses, isopragms and isodoxes that mark boundaries in the traditions and idioms of the peoples and ethnic groups of the Balkan Peninsula. All Albanian (ftua, ftue, etc.) and relevant South Slavic (dunja, gunja, etc.) phytonyms of Cydonia oblonga are analyzed, etymologized and compared with the names of quince in other Mediterranean languages – in Greek, Latin, Italian, Aromanian, Romanian, Turkish
Linguistics · Slavic languages · History · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |