Malonšići
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Malonšići (in older forms: Malončići and Malonjšiki,
Etymology
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The Malonšići were of Albanian origin. Their name is related to the Albanian word mal (mountain), a toponym and anthroponym which is very frequent among Albanian communities in modern Montenegro.[1] The locality of Malenza in their home territory has been connected by P. Šobajić to their name and has been interpreted as a compound mal and zi (black).[2] Expanding on this, Ivan Božić considered this to be an indication that the tribe originated in the region of Mali i Zi, northern Albania.[3]
Geography
The tribe encompassed parts of what was later Zagarač, Komani and Bjelopavlići.[2] The area of the Malonšići is located in southern Danilovgrad Municipality and northern Podgorica municipality. The tribe lived in the basin of the Zeta, Sušica and Mareza rivers.
History
The first reference to the Malonšići comes from a letter issued by the Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik in 1411. The document, a complaint from Ragusan people addressed to Jelena Balšić, is about the looting committed by the Malonšići, together with the Bjelopavlići, Ozrinići and Maznice, on Ragusan merchants on their way through Zeta while they were returning from Serbia.[4]
In 1452 they were one of the tribes which supported
References
- ^ Eichler & Hilty 2008, p. 718.
- ^ a b Radusinović 1985, p. 359
- ^ Istorija Črne Gore: Od kraja XII do kraja XV vijeka; t. 1. Crna Gora u doba Nemanjica. t. 2. Crna Gora u doba oblasnih gospodara (in Serbian). Redakčija za istoriju Črne Gore. 1970. p. 364.
- ^ Stojanović 1929, p. 387.
- ^ Đurđev 1953, p. 42.
- ^ a b Đurđev 1953, p. 69.
- ^ Đurđev & Hadžiosmanović 1973, p. 18.
- ^ Đurđev 1953, p. 59.
- ^ a b Babić et al. 1959, p. 168.
- ^ Jovanović, Stanko (2021). "Ideje Petra Šobajića o ranosrednjovjekovnom etničkom miješanju u Bjelopavlićima". Историјски записи (3–4): 188.
Sources
- Babić, Vladimir; Čubrilović, Vaso; Đurđev, Branislav; Filipović, Nedim; Gestrin, Ferdo; Grafenauer, Bogo; Klaić, Nada; Lape, Ljuben; Lebl, Arpad; Mitrović, Mitra; Moačanin, Fedor; Tadić, Jorjo; Zwitter, Fran (1959). Historija naroda Jugoslavije (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 2. Zagreb: Izdavačko poduzeće „Školska knjiga”.
- Đurđev, Branislav (1953). Turska vlast u Crnoj Gori u XVI i XVII veku: prilog jednom nerešenom pitanju iz naše istorije (in Serbian). Svjetlost.
- Đurđev, Branislav; Hadžiosmanović, Lamija (1973). Dva deftera Crne Gore iz vremena Skender-bega Crnojevića (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine.
- Eichler, Ernst; Hilty, Gerold, eds. (2008). Namenforschung / Name Studies / Les noms propres. 1. Halbband. De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-020342-4.
- Radusinović, Pavle S. (1985). Naselja stare Crne Gore: poslednji dio (in Serbian). Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Stojanović, Ljubomir, ed. (1929). Stare srpske povelje i pisma [Old Serbian charters and letters] (in Serbian). Vol. I/1. Belgrade: Srpska Kraljevska Akademija.