Where does “mahalagiță” come from?

mahalagiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian mahalagiu, from Romanian mahala, from Ottoman Turkish محله, from Arabic مَحَلَّة.

Ancestry of “mahalagiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmahalagiusuburbanite
2Romanianmahalaneighborhood; suburb; people who live in a suburb
3Ottoman Turkishمحله—
4Arabicمَحَلَّة—
Every word from Arabic مَحَلَّة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish محله →Every word from Romanian mahala →
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