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Where does “čerga” come from?

čerga (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish چرگه, from Persian خرگه — tent.

čerga (Serbo-Croatian): a small tent

Definitions

  1. a small tent

Ancestry of “čerga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچرگهhut, shack, small tent, tabernacle, primitively...
2Persianخرگهtent
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