Beci
Village
Beci is located in Kosovo
Beci
Beci
Coordinates: 42°26′35″N 20°26′58″E / 42.44306°N 20.44944°E / 42.44306; 20.44944
Country Kosovo
DistrictGjakova
MunicipalityGjakova
Elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,223
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Beci is a village in the Dushkaja subregion in the Gjakova Municipality of Kosovo. It is almost exclusively inhabited by ethnic Albanians, who form the near-absolute majority of the village's population.

Etymology

It is believed that the toponym is derived from the Albanian word Bec-i, which means "little lamb" in Albanian.[2]

Geography

Beci is bordered by Sapot to the west, Zhdrellë and Rashkoc to the northwest and north, Cërmjan to the northeast, Meqe east , Doblibare and Vraniq to the southeast and with Lugu e Bunarit to the south and southwest. It is located in the ethnographic Dushkaja region, and is situated around 7km northeast of Gjakova.

History

Beci is divided into two sections - Beci i Epër (Upper Beci) and Beci i Poshtëm (Lower Beci). In the cadastral documents of the Sanjak of Shkodra in 1485, the village is mentioned with the name Beçi.[3][4]

The inhabitants of Beci in the 1485 Ottoman defter bore Christian, Slavic and Albanian names and the village had 14 households, and Albanian names were used combined with other type of names such as: 'Pepa son of Dragush', 'Leka son of Gjorgj', 'Stepan son of Tanush, Stanisha his brother', 'Mazarak'.[5]

Anthropology

Beci is inhabited by a near-absolute majority of ethnic Albanians, and most of the inhabitants traditionally belonged to a single Albanian tribal brotherhood around 300 years ago - the Mërturi-Berisha. The village was traditionally divided into 4 neighbourhoods - the neighbourhoods of the Biblekët, Ndreajt, Salcët and Tetajt. The Muslim and Catholic Albanians here belong to the same brotherhood.[6] There is also a family that hails from the Krasniqi tribe and one that hails from the Thaçi tribe.[7]

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ 2011 Kosovo Census results
    2. ↑ Morina, Zeki (2017). TEMA: TOPONIMIA DHE ANTROPONIMIA E GJAKOVËS ME RRETHINË ( Shqyrtime etnolinguistike ) (PDF) (Thesis). Shkodër: INSTITUTI I STUDIMEVE ALBANOLOGJIKE, UNIVERSITETI I SHKODRËS “LUIGJ GURAKUQI”. p. 79. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
    3. ↑ Morina, Zeki (2017). TEMA: TOPONIMIA DHE ANTROPONIMIA E GJAKOVËS ME RRETHINË ( Shqyrtime etnolinguistike ) (PDF) (Thesis). Shkodër: INSTITUTI I STUDIMEVE ALBANOLOGJIKE, UNIVERSITETI I SHKODRËS “LUIGJ GURAKUQI”. p. 79. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
    4. ↑ Selami Pulaha - Defteri i regjistrimit te Sanxhakut te Shkodrs i vitit 1485 p. 310
    5. ↑ Selami Pulaha - Defteri i regjistrimit te Sanxhakut te Shkodres i vitit 1485 p. 310
    6. ↑ Morina, Zeki (2017). TEMA: TOPONIMIA DHE ANTROPONIMIA E GJAKOVËS ME RRETHINË ( Shqyrtime etnolinguistike ) (PDF) (Thesis). Shkodër: INSTITUTI I STUDIMEVE ALBANOLOGJIKE, UNIVERSITETI I SHKODRËS “LUIGJ GURAKUQI”. p. 78. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
    7. ↑ Hoxha, Skënder R. "Një kapitull i historisë së Becit të Dushkajës". Zemra Shqiptare.
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