Re: [tied] Help with ban_Banat

v.karloukovski@... wrote:

> "Finally, Bactrian swpano, the title of a minor official, may well
> correspond to Turkish chopan '(assistant to) a village headman',
> proto-Bulgar zoapan, etc., Byzantine Gk. zoupanos, but this word is
> not attested in Turkish until the 11th century and its ultimate
> origin is quite obscure."
>
>
> Regards,
> Vassil

interesting in Romanian are two forms . One "old" because of the
phonetism , one "new".
jupan= from slavic ZupanU
jupân= unknown etymology

The feminine forms are too diferent:
jupan=jupanisa
jupân= jupâneasã