Болгарское шараница и родственные формы (ономастический этюд)
Bulgarian ШАРАНИЦА and Cognate Forms (an Onomastic Essay)

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the etymologic analysis of Bulgarian place names containing Шаран- / Саран- stem. The version of Bulgarian linguists on their antroponimic origin is vindicated. The personal name (either surname or byname) Шаран / Саран exists in most Slavic languages and Шаран is considered to be its secondary phonetic variant.The transformation of the anlaut С- to Ш- is explained in the linguistic research by the closeness of their articulation. Also not excluded is the phonetic tendency of appearance of the second focus – lingual – in the Indo-European *s, i.e. sibilant element of articulation (R.M. Kozlova).It is argued that surname Саран could be motivated by the fish name саран ‘carp’ ‹ *saranъ ‹ *sarati, *sariti with the initial meaning of ‘variegated’, compare various surnames based on fish names in the Slavic languages. Other etymologic versions of the origin of the fish name, in particular Turkic or Slavic and Turkic hybrid versions are treated quite critically. Early Slavic *Sаrаnъ is related with *Sаrеnъ, *Sаrinъ, *Sаrоnъ, *Sаrunъ, *Sаrуnь and other names reconstructed through the antroponymic material of the Slavic languages. This is an extra argument to support the Slavic origin of the above archetype.

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