Zulejka road in Budapest.
My daughter's second name is Zuleikha. In Arabic means fair or beautiful. The other day I was browsing the map of Budapest, searching for a place. I found Zulejka utca. Or Zulejka road. The spelling is different but same pronunciation.
It is a surprise since the name Zuleikha is indeed foreign to people here. Even my mil, and friends here didn't know such road exists. When I told I found the road they were skeptical until I show them on the map. Not that it is a big deal, just surprised. Most probably the remnants of Islamic Turkish rule hundreds of years ago.
2 comments:
My daughter's name is Aurora and there are some towns with that name and a car.
probably yes- it must be the remnants from the Islamic rulings in Hungary. interesting, you should dig out the history behind it.
Zuleikha is not an alien word in hungary then, just the locals are not aware of the road existance.
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