Where does “бакал” come from?
бакал (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بقال, from Arabic بَقَّال — greengrocer.
бакал (Macedonian): grocer
Ancestry of “бакал”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بقال | — |
| 2 | Arabic | بَقَّال | greengrocer |