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Re: Slavic Name Endings
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Originally Posted by Rusalka
They probably had it written like the way it was pronounced when they had it recorded in Turkey so I'm pretty sure that's how it was pronounced, roughly. That is as "Djinich".
A little bird already told me it's common amongst Serbians and Bosnians.  Thanks for the suggestions bocian, gives me a better idea about Polish spellings and pronounciations.  |
The names Đinić and Džinić are Serbian and Bosnian surnames, if I'm not mistaken ( džin = giant).
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