Tašmaruništa
Tašmaruništa (Macedonian: Ташмаруништа) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.
Tašmaruništa | |
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Village | |
| Ташмаруништа | |
  Tašmaruništa Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°16′18″N 20°38′22″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Struga |
| Elevation | 997 m (3,271 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 210 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +38946 |
| Car plates | SU |
| Website | . |
Name
The placename Tašmaruništa is a hybrid toponym formed from two terms, the Turkish word Taş meaning stone or rock alongside the Slavic Moruništa, which itself is formed from the word Morun and the suffix išta.[1] Within an older map done by the village is recorded as Moroništa and Pianka Włodzimierz notes that it would not be inconceivable that the sound u has been substituted for o.[1] Regarding the term Morun, Włodzimierz proposes that it could be from the word Moruna, a term for sturgeon fish (Acipenser huso) or from Morun, a personal name stemming from the Greco-Latin Maron, and similar to the name Marin.[1] Of the second context, Włodzimierz contends it could have served as patronymic name as in the nearby toponym Labuništa - Albanopolis alongside the structural function and transformation of the suffix.[1] Włodzimierz notes more research of older documentation needs to be done to be able to resolve that issue.[1]
History
During the mid-fourteenth century, Aromanians possibly were the inhabitants of Golema Vlaj, a settlement that was partially north of Struga located on the current site of modern Tašmaruništa.[2]
Demographics
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Tašmaruništa was inhabited by 400 Bulgarian Christians and 70 Muslim Albanians.[3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 210 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Macedonians 209
- Others 1
See also
References
- Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 77. "Благодарение на Хан, јасен ни е постанокот на името Ташморуништа. Тоа се состои од турскиот збор таш 'камен, карпа' и македонски топоним Моруништа (Хан бележи на картата: Moronischta, но таква замена на u>o соседство на три сонанта не е ништо чудно, поготово што тоа го забележал странец). Во топонимов се изделува суф. -ишта и основата на именката моруна вид риба "Acipenser huso", или пак основата Морун- која можеме да ја споредиме со основите содржани во топонимите Лабуништа и Солун (с.63), која би одговарала на лат. - грчко Maron- (спор. Марона кај Тахос). Тоа можело да биде лично име (спор. сх име Марин) и тогаш би имале овде патронимично име, или пак некој топоним (спор. Лабуништа - Albanopolis), што би било пример за структурална функција на овој суфикс. Да се реши ова прашање би требало да располагаме со записи од постаро време."
- Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Thessaloniki: Zitros Publications. ISBN 9789607760869. p. 423. "in the mid-fourteenth century..."; pp. 423-424. "In the same period, Vlachs probably made up the population of Golema Vlaj, which was slightly to the north of Struga on the site of the modern village of Tašmaruništa."
- Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 253.
- Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p.131.