Where does “авария” come from?
авария (Bulgarian) comes from Greek αβαρία, from Italian avaria, from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.
авария (Bulgarian): wreck, crash; failure, damage, trouble
Definitions
- wreck, crash; failure, damage, trouble
Ancestry of “авария”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | αβαρία | damage, suffer damage |
| 2 | Italian | avaria | damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of... |
| 3 | Arabic | عوارية | damage in transit, average, the occurrence of... |
| 4 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 5 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |
Words derived from “авария”