Where does “бељаџија” come from?

бељаџија (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian беља, from Ottoman Turkish بلا, from Persian بلا, from Arabic بَلَاء — misfortune, calamity; affliction.

бељаџија (Macedonian): troublemaker

Definitions

  1. troublemaker

Ancestry of “бељаџија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianбељаmisfortune, calamity, trouble; devil
2Ottoman Turkishبلاproblem; trouble; disaster
3Persianبلاaffliction
4Arabicبَلَاءmisfortune, calamity; affliction
Every word from Arabic بَلَاء →Every word from Persian بلا →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بلا →
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