Semantic-motivational Interpretation of Toponyms of the Lješanska nahija Area
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toponym, Lješan nahija, semantic-motivational categories, Montenegrin onomastics, Montenegrin languageAbstract
In this article, the author analyzes 181 toponyms from Lješanska nahija, an area located between Podgorica and Cetinje. The toponymic structure belongs to these settlements: Beri, Buronji, Draževina, Gornji Kokoti (with Lekići), Gradac (and Župa Gradačka), Ćepetići, Kruse, Orasi, Progonovići, Releza, Staniseljići, Štitari. The material is taken from the monograph Od Podgorice ka Cetinu. Stara Crna Gora s istoka (Od Podgorica do Cetin. Old Montenegro from the East) by Slobodan Čukić (2021). The speech of this area belongs to the southeastern Montenegrin dialects, and Adnan Čirgić highlighted the most striking linguistic features in his Dialectology of the Montenegrin Language (2017). Toponyms are broken down into several semantic-motivational categories. The anthroponymic form in toponymy confirmed its presence in a significant number of subcategories. The formational and semantic inventory of available toponyms and appellations reflects the geomorphological specificities, historical and cultural circumstances, and linguistic contacts that occurred in the Lešani area over time.
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