Where does “ćosav” come from?
ćosav (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish كوسه, from Persian کوسه, from Middle Persian kōsag.
ćosav (Serbo-Croatian): beardless, without facial hair
Definitions
- beardless, without facial hair
Ancestry of “ćosav”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | كوسه | of little beard but not beardless |
| 2 | Persian | کوسه | shark; man with little or no beard |
| 3 | Middle Persian | kōsag | — |
Words derived from “ćosav”