Jan 6, 2012 16:20
12 yrs ago
Russian term
цыганская магала
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Something like a tabor?
1940's Bessarabia, near Soroca
Но вот лемеха – в мешке, мешок – на спине, и я шагаю босиком по стерне, прямиком в город. Я знаю хорошего мастера, виртуоза по части лемехов: цыгана Александра с цыганской магалы – предместья Сорок
1940's Bessarabia, near Soroca
Но вот лемеха – в мешке, мешок – на спине, и я шагаю босиком по стерне, прямиком в город. Я знаю хорошего мастера, виртуоза по части лемехов: цыгана Александра с цыганской магалы – предместья Сорок
Proposed translations
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4 +2 | Gipsy mahala | erika rubinstein |
References
mahala (neighbourhood) | Karl Marx |
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Gipsy mahala
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Note added at 7 Min. (2012-01-06 16:27:43 GMT)
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www.halle02.de/.../mahala-rai-banda-live.ht...
Gipsy, Oriental Pop, Rumba Catalan. Als „Mahala“ bezeichnen die Roma von ihnen bewohnte Viertel ...
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Note added at 7 Min. (2012-01-06 16:27:43 GMT)
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www.halle02.de/.../mahala-rai-banda-live.ht...
Gipsy, Oriental Pop, Rumba Catalan. Als „Mahala“ bezeichnen die Roma von ihnen bewohnte Viertel ...
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Reference:
mahala (neighbourhood)
Mahala is a Balkan word for "neighbourhood" or "quarter", a section of a rural or urban settlement, dating to the times of the Ottoman Empire. It was brought to the area through Ottoman Turkish mahalle, but it originates in Arabic mähallä, from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy". It is rendered as follows in the languages of the region: Bulgarian: махала, mahala; Bosnian and Serbian: махала/mahala or маала/maala; Romanian: mahala; Albanian: mahallë; Greek: μαχαλάς, machalas; Macedonian: маало, maalo or маала, maala; Romani: mahala; Aromanian: mãhãlã. A mahala was a relatively independent quarter of a larger village or a town, with its own school, religious building or buildings, mayor's representative, etc.[1] Mahalas are often named after the first settler or, when ethnically separate, according to the dominant ethnicity.
In Bulgaria, mahalas were administratively considered a separate type of settlement on some occasions; today, settlements are only divided into towns or villages, and the official division of towns is into quarters. In rural mountainous areas, villages were often scattered and consisted of relatively separate mahalas with badly developed infrastructure.
In Romanian, the word mahala has come to have the strictly negative or pejorative connotations of a slum or ghetto[2] that are not present or at least not as strongly implied in other languages
украинскому слову «магала» - «часть предместья». Предместьем раньше называли слободу, слободку, посад или пригород у самого города. Большей частью оно заселялось крестьянами, мещанами, отставными солдатами или казаками
In Bulgaria, mahalas were administratively considered a separate type of settlement on some occasions; today, settlements are only divided into towns or villages, and the official division of towns is into quarters. In rural mountainous areas, villages were often scattered and consisted of relatively separate mahalas with badly developed infrastructure.
In Romanian, the word mahala has come to have the strictly negative or pejorative connotations of a slum or ghetto[2] that are not present or at least not as strongly implied in other languages
украинскому слову «магала» - «часть предместья». Предместьем раньше называли слободу, слободку, посад или пригород у самого города. Большей частью оно заселялось крестьянами, мещанами, отставными солдатами или казаками
Example sentence:
Soroca\'s gypsy mahala (neighbourhood)
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