Lužani (tribe)

The Lužani (Serbian Cyrillic: Лужани) were a people who inhabited the upper Zeta valley around the village of the same name in what is today Montenegro.

Among the people of Lužani, common Albanian anthroponyms were also found. Names such as Gjon (spelled Gonь, examples including: Gjon, son of Pavl;Gjon and his son Tudor), Lesh (Lešь), Progon (Progonь) and Muriq (Murikь) are all mentioned in the 1330 Dečani chrysobulls. Sometimes mixed Albanian and Slavic names occurred, this being evident in the cases of villagers Bogdan and his son Progon or Nikola his son Rajko with their grandfather Lesh. The existence of Albanian anthroponymy suggests the presence of Albanians in the katun of Lužane.^[1] They were at least partly of Albanian origin. Hrabrak suggests that they might have been recent immigrants from Albania.^[2]

References[]

^ Gashi, Skënder (2014). Albanian names in the 13th-15th century in light of Serbian church resources. TENDA. p. 44,67,71-72,171.
^ Hrabrak, Bogumil (1981). Razgranavanje katuna i stvaranje grupa katuna, odnosno plemena u nekadašnjoj Hercegovini (XIII-XV vek). Titograd: CANU. p. 184. Često je, međutim, to prethodno stanovništvo bilo arbanaškog porekla (Mataruge, Mugoše, Macure, Lužani, Kričci). Ipak, i kod tog starijeg sloja treba pretpostaviti da je reč o doseljenicima iz današnje Albanije. Ima više dokaza da su se u XII XIII veku i kasnije arbanaške stočarske grupe preko Zete doseljavale sve do Neretve.

Sources[]

[1] Gashi, Skënder (2014). Albanian names in the 13th-15th century in light of Serbian church resources. TENDA. p. 44,67,71-72,171.

[2] Hrabrak, Bogumil (1981). Razgranavanje katuna i stvaranje grupa katuna, odnosno plemena u nekadašnjoj Hercegovini (XIII-XV vek). Titograd: CANU. p. 184. Često je, međutim, to prethodno stanovništvo bilo arbanaškog porekla (Mataruge, Mugoše, Macure, Lužani, Kričci). Ipak, i kod tog starijeg sloja treba pretpostaviti da je reč o doseljenicima iz današnje Albanije. Ima više dokaza da su se u XII XIII veku i kasnije arbanaške stočarske grupe preko Zete doseljavale sve do Neretve.

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