Arbinovo Explained

Arbinovo
Official Name:	Арбиново
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Southwestern
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Debarca
Population As Of:	2002
Population Total:	26
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Website:	.
Blank Name:	Car plates
Blank Info:	OH

Arbinovo (Macedonian: Арбиново) is a village in the municipality of Debarca, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Belčišta.

Name

In early 20th century, the village Arbinovo appears in the demographic work of Kanchov and map by Jaranov as Ъpбино/Ărbino, in a 1903 map as Arbino and in other documents of the period as Рбину/Rbinu.Local Macedonian residents derive the village name from the Macedonian word врба/vrba for willow tree and the toponym is formed with the suffix ino, along with the additional suffix ovo. Pianka Włodzimierz agrees this is the correct etymology of the placename, due to the many willow trees in Arbinovo and that loss of the initial v sound in the toponym is possible due to local Macedonian speech.^[1]

Macedonian linguistics professor Petar Illievski noted that the placename Arbinovo is a hybrid toponym, Aromanian and Slavic in origin and formed from a proto-Albanian foundation and not from the forms H'rbino or Harbino. The toponym is derived from the terms Arban/Alban which in the Aromanian language through metathesis of the sound a into i became Arbin alongside the Slavic suffix ovo. In the Aromanian language the terms for Albanians are Arbinas/Arbines which linguist Iljaz Rexha states supports that Arbinovo in medieval times was inhabited by Albanians.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 26 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Macedonians 26

See also

• Botun
• Laktinje
• Kuratica
• Sirula

Notes and References

1. Book: Włodzimierz, Pianka. Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. 1970. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". 90. "Како Ъpбино се бележи за К'нчов и Јаранов, на Карта на Македонија 1:300 000 ја имаме формата Arbino, а во Извештаите од 1903 год. (с. 117) е употребен лок. у Рбину. Во имениците се јавува и насловната форма која е добиена по аналогија на многу честите имиња на -ово (спор. Аржаново м.'Ржано)... Со право народот го сврзува ова име со апелативот врба. Ова е топографско име образувано со суф. -ино. Во селото има многу врби. Отпаѓањето на почетното в- во ваквтаа позиција во месниот говор е возможно."
2. Rexha. Iljaz. Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane. Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike. 41–42. 2011. 177–178. "Në rrethinën e Ohrit na del një vendbanim me formën arumune-sllave me bazën e protoshqipes Arbinovo.[34] Emri i këtij topiku lidhet me bazën etnike Arban-Alban, formuar me ndërmjetësimin e arumunishtes Arbin me ndërndërrimin fonetik të kësaj gjuhe a:i, dhe sufiksit sllav-ovo, siç e ka thënë onomasti Petar Ilijevski dhe nuk ka të bëjë me format H’rbino dhe Harbino. Forma vllehe arbinas-arbines tregon se banorët e këtij vendbanimi mesjetar ishin me prejardhje etnike arbane, siç dëshmon edhe vetë topiku Arbinovë, e jo banorët e ardhur nga Shqipëria e sotme, sikur që gjykojnë studiuesit sllavomaqedonas."; p. 213. "[34]. Miodrag Purkovic, Popis sela u srednjevekovnoj Srbiji, Godišnjak Skopskog Filozofskog Fakulteta, Skoplje, 1940 f.58‐59. BOA. Defter‐i esami‐i voynugan‐i liva‐i Kustendil,... nr.21, Tapu defteri, nr.74."
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 66.