Open AccessWords of foreign origin in the poem Dervis by Stijepo Djurdjevic
Author(s) -
Мirjana Аrežina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prilozi za književnost, jezik, istoriju i folklor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0798
pISSN - 0350-6673
DOI - 10.2298/pkjif1783223a
Subject(s) - poetry , interpretation (philosophy) , meaning (existential) , literature , order (exchange) , art , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , business , finance
The poem Dervis by Stijepo Djurdjevic, the first humorous poem in Ragusan literature, contains many foreign words, which meaning one should know in order to understand the poem. A manuscript of Muzafer Sulejmanovic Strane rijeci u spevu Stijepa Djordjica, which is preserved in the National Library of Serbia (Legacy of Petar Kolendic - PKLR 2/118), contains a list of all foreign words from the poem, together with their interpretation and origin. The paper analyzes a content of the manuscript.