The village is situated by the old mountainous road leading up to Novo Brdo, some 7 km from Gjilan.

In the Albanian language also the word Përlep appears in both; the name Prilep means “stuck” on the rocks in Old Church Slavonic.

This can be in reference to Prilepac a Serbian medieval fortress near Novo Brdo which is by Përlepnica.

[3] Prince Lazar of Serbia (r. 1373–1389) was born in Prilepac near Boževce, which according to tradition was Prilepnica.

At that time the village was populated exclusively by Serbs, on the forehead with priest, living in 62 households.