Vešala (, ) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia. It is a village located in the Šar Mountains, some 11.9 kilometres away from the closest city Tetovo, 20 km away from Prizren and 1247 metres above sea level. History According to the 1451-52 Ottoman defter, Vešala appears as being inhabited by a Christian population, which based on anthroponymy are all of Serbian origin. The names include: Petro, son of Gjin, Istepan, son of Dimitri; Gjuro, son of Pelegrin; Nkola, his son (Pelegrin); Meksha, son of Gjura (Pelegrin); Gjin, son of Gjozilo; Liko, his son (Gjin), Dushko, his son (Gjin); Istanimir, son of Pelegrin; Dimitri, his son (Pelegrgrin); Pelegrin siromah (poor); Istepan, his son; Ivladislav, son of Dimitri (Pelegrin); Pop Radislav, Gjini his brother (of Pop Radislav); Dominiko, son of Dimitri; Ispanko, son of Petrushas; Lazor, his brother; Niko, his brother; Gjorgj (Gjergj), son of Gojani; Lazor, his son; Dimitri, his brother; Pavlo, son of Beristar ?; Petro, his son; Nikolla, his brother; Dimitri son of Tanush; Miho, his brother (Tanush); Miho, son of Luzo; Gjini star (old); Bogdan, his brother (Gjin) Dimitri his brother (Gjin); Gjorgji (Gjergji), his other son (of Gjin); Ivan, son of Gjin; Bogdan, his brother (of Ivan Gjin); Dimitri, son of Lazor; Nikolla, his brother; Petko, his brother (Lazor); Gjorgji (Gjergji), his brother (Lazor); Loresha, son of Dimitri; Nikolla, his son; Noka, son of Kaloq; Dimitri, his son; Relin, his other son (Kaloq); Petra, son of Gjurko; Zgur, his brother; Dimitri, his brother (Zgur); Bozhidari, his brother (Zgur); Shoq, son of Brajoslav; Dimitri, his brother (Shoq); Gjon, his brother (Shoq); Radislav, his brother (Shoq); Kojqin, his brother (Shoq). (Four blood-related brothers with two Slavic and two Christian names in kinship with Shoq). Vešala in 1467-1468 had grown by 20 houses. But, as can be seen, the Slavicization of the anthroponymy of the Albanian household heads by the Slavic church had continued with the same intensity in the absence of Albanian priests. Out of 70 heads of families of Albanian ethnicity, 50 of them had lost their traditional Albanian patronymics-surnames and had adopted typically Slavic anthroponyms. In the second census, after 15 years, there were 20 heads of families still bearing characteristic Albanian patronymics, those being the following: Nikolla, Dimitri's son; Gjini, son of Dimitri; Petro, son of Gjon; Zguri, son of Gjorgj; Petko, son of Zgur; Todor, son of Gjin; Jovan, son