Balkan Slavic (Vranishte). Term of endearment: canım [dʒanɯm] 'my soul' (Turkish): Present, 1
| џанум, џанам; Зашто не-дојде синојка, џанам? džanum, džanam; Zašto ne-dojde sinojka, džanam? | |||||
džanum my_soul | zašto why | ne NEG | dojde come(PFV).AOR.3SG | sinojka last_night | džanam my_soul |
| 'my soul'; 'Why didn't you come last night, my soul?' (attested only in folk poetry) | |||||
Type: Naturalistic spoken
Source: Mladenović 2001: 464