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Where does “caval” come from?
caval (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوال, from Arabic قَوَّال.
caval
(Romanian): flute
Definitions
flute
Ancestry of “caval”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
قوال
a type of woodwind instrument
2
Arabic
قَوَّال
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Words derived from “caval”
căvălaș
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