Where does “magdara” come from?

magdara (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Turkic dara-, from Yoruba àrà, from Arabic رَعْد — thunder.

Ancestry of “magdara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicdara-to comb
2Yorubaàràbody
3Arabicرَعْدthunder
Every word from Arabic رَعْد