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Where does “शिगार” come from?

शिगार (Konkani) comes from Portuguese cigarro, from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

शिगार (Konkani): cigarette

Definitions

  1. cigarette

Ancestry of “शिगार”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecigarrocigarette
2Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
3Spanishcigarracicada
4Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a—
5Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
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