What is ‘whore barley’ in Croatian?
What is ‘whore barley’ in Croatian?
Author(s): Marek StachowskiSubject(s): South Slavic Languages, The Ottoman Empire, Philology, Translation Studies, Turkic languages, Phraseology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Croatian; philology; Evliya Çelebi; translation;
Summary/Abstract: ‘Whore barley’ is an English translation of a Croatian syntagm adduced in Evliya Çelebi’s itinerary. This author, intrigued by the apparently senseless expression, tries to explain its meaning.
Journal: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 139/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 69-70
- Page Count: 2
- Language: English