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Where does “papuga” come from?

papuga (Polish) comes from Turkish papağan, from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.

papuga (Polish): parrot

Definitions

  1. parrot

Ancestry of “papuga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishpapağanparrot
2Ottoman Turkishپاپاغان—
3Arabicبَبَغَاء—

Words derived from “papuga”

  • papuzi
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