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by Ivayla (guest)
1/20/2004, 8:06 PM
in reply to a message by Yannis
Arapcheva means descendant of "arapcho," arapcho being the diminutive of arap - a person with dark skin.
Yannis' explanation of the connection between arap and an Arab works (for the better part) for Bulgarian too.
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What's the origin of my surname i.e. Araptchev(a)  ·  xxx  ·  1/2/2004, 7:11 AM
•Re: What's the origin of my surname i.e. Araptchev(a)  ·  Yannis  ·  1/2/2004, 1:52 PM
•That(m)  ·  Ivayla  ·  1/20/2004, 8:06 PM
•Oops, I meant "that is correct" n/t  ·  Ivayla  ·  1/20/2004, 8:07 PM