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Where does “παπάρας” come from?

παπάρας (Greek) comes from Greek παπάρα, from Ottoman Turkish پاپاره, from Proto-Slavic popara — scald.

παπάρας (Greek): moron, idiot, twit; Genitive singular form...

Definitions

  1. moron, idiot, twit; Genitive singular form...

Ancestry of “παπάρας”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπαπάραdunking bread, dunked bread; crap, rubbish,...
2Ottoman Turkishپاپاره—
3Proto-Slavicpoparascald
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