MRAT E SHQIPTARËVE GJATË SHEKUJVE XIII-XVI
NAMES OF ALBANIANS DURING THE XIII-XVI CENTURIES

Summary/Abstract: This paper is concerned with the exploration of the names used within the ethnic Albanian community in the period between the XIIIXVI centuries, which appeared in the old documents and especially the population and property registers. Firstly, within the volume is explained the type and scope of authentic names, where most of them have no local character but were encountered almost throughout the territory populated by Albanians. Discussing Christian names is part of this paper as well. Names of this nature are divided into two groups: of the same form as other Balkan people whereas the second group involves those that were treated by Albanian language, which did not occur as such in the culture of other surrounding ethnic communities. Furthermore, the last two chapters explore the names of Ottoman-Islamic nature, the practice of which began with the stabilization of the Ottoman authorities after the occupation, and with the female names found throughout the research.

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