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Where does “агда” come from?

агда (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish آغده, from Arabic عَقِيدَة, from Arabic ق, from Nabataean 𐢏, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.

агда (Serbo-Croatian): sugar syrup

Definitions

  1. sugar syrup

Ancestry of “агда”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآغدهsugar syrup, molasses; wax
2Arabicعَقِيدَة—
3Arabicقsecond-person masculine singular active...
4Nabataean𐢏—
5Phoenician𐤒qoph; qop
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