Where does “ševal” come from?
ševal (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish شوال, from Arabic شَوَّال.
ševal (Serbo-Croatian): Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar
Definitions
- Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar
Ancestry of “ševal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | شوال | — |
| 2 | Arabic | شَوَّال | — |