Where does “zurbavă” come from?
zurbavă (Romanian) comes from Romanian zurbă, from Ottoman Turkish زوربه, from Persian زور, from Parthian zʿwr.
zurbavă (Romanian): quarrel
Ancestry of “zurbavă”, step by step
zurbavă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian zurbă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | zurbă | revolt |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | زوربه | rebel, rioter, a person who resists an authority |
| 3 | Persian | زور | libation; force, strength, power, might;... |
| 4 | Parthian | zʿwr | — |
via Romanian gâlceavă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | gâlceavă | quarrel, noisy argument |
| 2 | Bulgarian | гълчава | clamour, din, racket dissonant sound caused by interference between several conflicting sources of noise |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | gъlkъ | noise, cackle |