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Tombstone Inscription Translations
Serbian
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A BASIC guide to common words and phrases commonly found on Tombstones,
translated from languages likely to be encountered while researching in Pennsylvania.
Anyone who can contribute translations into additional languages,
or have additional phrases to be included, should contact
| English | Serbian |
| January | januar |
| February | februar |
| March | mart |
| April | april |
| May | maj |
| June | juni |
| July | juli |
| August | avgust |
| September | septembar |
| October | oktobar |
| November | novembar |
| December | decembar |
| age | starost |
| week | 1] sedmica 2] nadelja |
| day | dan |
| month | 1] mesec 2] mjesec |
| year | godina |
| born | rodjen |
| died | umrli |
| Sunday | 1] nedelja 2] ned\jela |
| Monday | 1]ponedeljak 2] poned\jelak |
| Tuesday | utorak |
| Wednesday | 1] sreda 2] srijeda |
| Thursday | "cetvrtak |
| Friday | petak |
| Saturday | subota |
| father | 1] otac 2] roditelj |
| mother | majka |
| husband | mu"z |
| wife | 1] supruga 2] "zena |
| son | sin |
| daughter | 1] k'cerka 2] k'ci 3] 'cerka |
| brother | 1] brat 2] bato 3] braco |
| sister | sestra |
| grandfather | 1] deda 2] d\jed 3] praroditelj |
| grandmother | 1] baba 2] nana |
| uncle | 1] stric 2] ujak 3] tetak |
| aunt | 1] tetka 2] ujna 3] strina |
| marriage | 1] brak 2] svadba 3] ven"canje 4] vjen"canje |
| here rests | Ovde poc'iva |
| Here rests in the peace of God | Ovde poc'iva v miru Bozhijem |
| Ch. odj. 88 C.H.C |
The
English equivalent of the cyrillic C. H. C. is S. P. S., the Srpski
Pravoslavni Savez (The Serbian Orthodox Federation).
Ch.= C'len = member
Odj.
= local chapter
So
the person was a member of local chapter 88 of the Srpski
Pravoslavni Savez (also called Srbobran) "The Serbian Orthodox
Federation" founded in McKeesport, Pa.
In
1929 the S.P.S. turned into the Srpski Narodni Savez = the Serbian
National Federation" with HQ in Pittsburgh
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