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I have been unable to find either “развожда” or “гаджелин” in any dictionary. What does the sentence mean? Are these words considered archaisms now? In general, do present-day Bulgarians find texts written almost 150 years ago easy to understand? (The sentence was written by Hristo Botev in 1871.)

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According to the Internet гаджелин is a Muslim turk from a lower society status. But again, I don't know for sure.

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These words are not used anymore.

Развожда might mean развежда (to take something/someone and walk around with it). Вожд means leader, so it could be possible.

I don't know what гаджелин is. I'm not even sure if this word is Bulgarian or it comes from Turkish.

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