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Help[Surname] Re: Bagoly
in reply to a message by asz
Now I'm confused! I was thinking of Pugatch and Pugatchyov. After reading your posting I looked up "owl" in the Russian dictionary, and it's sova (but in cyrillic letters, of course). Also, a list of Ukrainian names has Sova, "owl". So where did I get pugatch from, and what does it mean? It's not in my Russian dictionary, only pugat', and that's a verb.
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Actually, you were very close. Pugatch is a popular name for a kind of an owl [I'm not sure it's English name, my old dictionary says "eagle owl"(?)]. In Polish it's "puchacz".
By the way, your linguistic knowledge is very impressive!
By the way, your linguistic knowledge is very impressive!
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Another spelling might be BOGALY. In the 1910 Census, my relatives (BAGOLY) are spelled as BOGALY. Later changed by the family to BOGI. In Hungary, this surname BAGOLY,(literally translated as "owl") is uncommon. Animal surnames in Hungary are thought to be very old, older than occupational surnames. Best wishes on your research!
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Tbanks for the clarification. My "impressive" linguistic knowledge is mainly a fondness for dictionaries.
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