Borozan Explained

Borozan
Meaning:	"trumpeter"
Language origin:	Serbo-Croatian
Variant:	Borozanović

Borozan (Serbian: Борозан) is a Serbian-Montenegrin and Croatian, surname, meaning "trumpeter". The etymology of the word is Ottoman Turkish, from the native Turkish boru ("pipe", "tube", "trumpet", "bugle") and the Persian suffix -zen or -zan denoting one who plays an instrument.^[1]

People named Borozan include:

• Vuko Borozan (born 1994), Montenegrin handball player
• Ranko Borozan (1933–2020), former Yugoslav footballer

Anthropology

• The Borozan brotherhood in Ceklin (in Montenegro), according to tradition, originate from a ban Radivoj, which is supported from a document dating to 1609.^[2] The Borozani and Lompari of Ceklin are related, claiming the same ancestor, who is believed to have settled in Bokovo from Strugare, originally from Burovik.^[3] The brotherhood has the slava of Đurđic (St. George).^[2] A Borozan family settled in Cetinje in 1807.^[4]
• A Borozan family was among the ktetors (donators) to the building (1847–51) of the Church of St. Nicholas in Kumanovo (in R. Macedonia).^[5]
• A Borozan brotherhood headed by brothers Đuro, Stojan and Uroš who together had 18 children lived in Mostar (in Bosnia and Herzegovina) during World War II; most of the family were killed by the Ustasha.^[6]
• A Borozan brotherhood lived in Košutica and Borova (in Leposavić, Kosovo) prior to World War II.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vladimir Anić. Vladimir Anić. etal. 'borozan' in the Croatian dictionary. 12 September 2019. Znanje. hr.
2. Book: Mihailo P. Borozan. Prilog istorijskog prošlosti Ceklinskog plemena: (Bokovo od naseljenja do 1941 god.). 1960. 22–27.
3. Book: Јован Л Вукмановић. Обрен Благојевић. Црмница, антропогеографска и етнолошка испитивања: antropogeografska i etnološka ispitivanja. 1988. Српска академија наука и уметности. 978-86-7025-100-7. 63.
4. Book: Glasnik cetinjskih muzeja. 7-9. 1974. 119.
5. Book: Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević. Južna stara Srbija: istorijska, etnografska i politička istraživanja. 1909. Nova stamparija Davidović. 556–.
6. Book: NIN. nedeljne informativne novine. 1287-1303. 1975. Politika. 56.
7. Book: Srpski etnografski zbornik. 60-61. 1950. Akademija. 153, 212, 216.