Where does “оба” come from?

оба (Kazakh) comes from Persian وبا, from Arabic وَبَاء — epidemic.

оба (Kazakh): mound; plague

Definitions

  1. mound; plague

Ancestry of “оба”, step by step

оба traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian وبا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianوباcholera
2Arabicوَبَاءepidemic

via Mongolian овоо

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianовооdecorous; tolerable, respectable; cairn, mound,...
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