A lot of Russian uses borrowed words, the meaning of which is not always clear. This includes Eric. This word came to us from what language? What does it mean? Let's try to figure it out.
Meaning of the word
Initially, the word came to us from the Turkic language and means "gap, crack in the ground." In fact, Erik is a narrow, often deep, water channel between two lakes or ilmeni, branches of one river, bays, etc. Especially often this word is used in the Kuban, Don, Dnieper and Volga rivers. In the mountains of the Caucasus, such channels are called irrigation canals. In tune, is not it?
And in other places the term is used. So, the well-known Fontanka in St. Petersburg at the very beginning was called Nameless Eric.
The second meaning of the word "erik" (used in the center and in the south of Russia) is a dry hollow in the floodplain of the river, which is poured during the spill. Water in it can remain in the form of puddles and yams for a long time.
Where can I meet the word
Most often used in various topographic names:
- Settlements. Eric is a village and a farm in the Belgorod and Volgograd regions, villages in the Krasnodar Territory and in the Samara Region.
- Rivers and canal. Eric - the name of the rivers in Bashkortostan, Belgorod and Rostov regions of Russia and in the Lugansk region (Ukraine).
- A small farm in the Krasnodar Territory near Slavyansk is called Black Eric. According to one version, it’s about him that is sung in the famous Cossack song “Oh, love, brothers, love ...”. But later, due to frequent wars with the Caucasian tribes, it was changed to the Black Terek (the name of one of the rivers of the Caucasus).
- Artificially dug channels in the Krasnodar Territory - Cossack Eric, Kulik, Angelinsky and many others. These canals were dug by hand to provide water to the villages and villages where the Cossacks lived, for irrigation of fields.
Other values
From the point of view of geography, we figured out what Eric is. But this word also has other, less well-known, but because of this, meanings that have not lost their importance. And above all, this is the masculine name of the Kazakh peoples. It is enough to recall the politician and the plenipotentiary ambassador in Belgium, Luxembourg, then in Poland Eric Utembaev. By the way, it means the name "free, free."
Now little is used, but erik is a special sign that was put in the Church Slavonic language above the line instead of "b".
And one more meaning, the abbreviated name of one of the cutest dog breeds eric (Yorkshire Terrier).
Sometimes the Scandinavian name Eric is written as Eric, not taking into account the peculiarities of his pronunciation.