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Meshterski, the Glossary

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Meshterski (мещерски) or Meshtrenski (мещренски) was a cant, or secret sociolect, of the south Bulgarian builders, bricklayers and masons.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Albanians, Asenovgrad, Balkans, Banjački, Bricklayer, Bulgarians, Cant (language), Construction worker, God, Gotse Delchev, Blagoevgrad Province, Greek language, Kazanlak, Latin, Macedonia (region), Masonry, Metaphor, Metonymy, Podrinje, Purishte, Rhodope Mountains, Saint, Smolyan, Sociolect, Sub-Balkan Valley, Sun, Tinsmith, Turkish language.

  2. Bulgarian language
  3. Dialects of the Bulgarian language
  4. Occupational cryptolects

Albanians

The Albanians (Shqiptarët) are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language.

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Asenovgrad

Asenovgrad (Асеновград) is a town in central southern Bulgaria, part of Plovdiv Province.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Banjački

Banjački is a secret language used by bricklayers from Podrinje region (eastern Bosnia and western Serbia). Meshterski and Banjački are Occupational cryptolects.

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Bricklayer

A bricklayer, which is related to but different from a mason, is a craftsperson and tradesperson who lays bricks to construct brickwork.

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Bulgarians

Bulgarians (bŭlgari) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language.

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Cant (language)

A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. Meshterski and cant (language) are cant languages.

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Construction worker

A construction worker is a worker employed in the physical construction of the built environment and its infrastructure.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Gotse Delchev, Blagoevgrad Province

Gotse Delchev (Гоце Делчев), is a town in Gotse Delchev Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Kazanlak

Kazanlak (Казанлък, known as Seuthopolis (Σευθόπολις) in ancient times, is a town in Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria. It is located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan mountain range, at the eastern end of the Rose Valley.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Masonry

Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar.

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.

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Metonymy

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.

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Podrinje

Podrinje (Подриње) is the Slavic name of the Drina river basin, known in English as the Drina Valley.

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Purishte

Purishte (Purishtja) is a sociolect of the Albanian language spoken by the masons of the Opar region in Western Korçë District, Albania. Meshterski and Purishte are Occupational cryptolects.

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Rhodope Mountains

The Rhodopes (Родопи, Rodopi; Ροδόπη, Rodopi; Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in Greece.

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Saint

In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.

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Smolyan

Smolyan (Смолян) is a town and ski resort in the south of Bulgaria near the border with Greece.

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Sociolect

In sociolinguistics, a sociolect is a form of language (non-standard dialect, restricted register) or a set of lexical items used by a socioeconomic class, profession, age group, or other social group.

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Sub-Balkan Valley

The Sub-Balkan Valleys (Podbalkanski kotlovini) are row of 11 valleys running from the Bulgarian border with Serbia east to the Black Sea.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Tinsmith

A tinsmith is a person who makes and repairs things made of tin or other light metals.

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Turkish language

Turkish (Türkçe, Türk dili also Türkiye Türkçesi 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 90 to 100 million speakers.

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See also

Bulgarian language

Dialects of the Bulgarian language

Occupational cryptolects

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshterski

Also known as Meshtrenski.