Turkish words in »Dervish« from the poet Stijepo Đurđević (1579-1632)

Abstract

Stijepo Đurđević (1579-1632), the poet from Dubrovnik, is well known and discussed in our literature. He was a lot written about especially by the historians and literary critics interested in Dubrovnik literature such as M. Rešetar, M. Konbol, D. Pavlović, R. Bogišić, M. Pantić and others.

None of them missed to write about »Dervish« which is one of his most successful poems and by which he is best known. In the poem we come across a lot of Turkish words which shows how significanitly the hinterland (Bosnia & Herzegovina) influenced the life of Dubrovnik as well as the language itself.
In this paper the author has discussed all the Turkish borowings, 83 of them altogether, accentuated them and has also inserted the poem. It has 50 stanzas with 6 verses each.