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Igel

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4. "Bulgur" is a Turkish word.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 08:32 PM

21 hrs ago

And bulgur wheat isn't just Turkish, but more widespread.

Bulgarians have no great love for the Ottomans or Turks, their long-standing oppression.

Russian exerted a bit of an influence on standard Bulgarian, in fact, because when Bulgarian as a language was the scut language used by the serfs and losers Russia smuggled in Orthodox materials and such. Because Russians had no great love for the Ottomans, either.

Sadly, the link is in Bulgarian; the English 'version' of the text is crap and I haven't looked at the Russian page but Google translate probably will cover most of the text that would matter.

Note that South Slavic, including Bulgarian, exerted some influence on standard Russian for centuries.

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