Where does “არაფჩა” come from?

არაფჩა (Laz) comes from Turkish Arapça, from Turkish Arap, from Ottoman Turkish عرب, from Arabic عَرَب, from Arabic عَرَبَ — to flow sharply.

არაფჩა (Laz): Arabian, Arabic

Definitions

  1. Arabian, Arabic

Ancestry of “არაფჩა”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishArapçawritten in Arabic
2TurkishArapArab; Arabic
3Ottoman Turkishعربthe Arabian people or Arabia; Arab; Negro
4ArabicعَرَبArabs; Arab
5Arabicعَرَبَto flow sharply
Every word from Arabic عَرَبَ →