Russian tourists in Turkey are perplexed when they see such a sign in public places. Some are embarrassed, others are offended.
We are talking about the word “durak”, which in this country is not written by ill-mannered people and not at all on fences and walls in the entrance hall.
In fact, there is nothing to be offended about, because the word durak in the Turkish lexicon has a completely different meaning and means “stop”, reports Sport24 .
It is used to indicate public transport stops or as an analogue of the international STOP road sign.
The Russian word “fool” is similar to the Turkish word only in sound.
By the way, in Czech the word durný, which is similar in spelling, is translated as crazy.
Moreover, it is important to know that in the Russian lexicon the word “fool” did not always have a negative meaning.
It is believed that it served as a distinctive feature of a person who was not like everyone else.
How can one not recall the famous fairy tale character Ivan the Fool?
This is a completely good-natured person, often lazy, but still achieving his goals, but only in his own way, and not like everyone else.
