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Where does “амиџа” come from?

амиџа (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish عموجه, from Arabic عَمّ — paternal uncle.

амиџа (Serbo-Croatian): uncle

Definitions

  1. uncle

Ancestry of “амиџа”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعموجهuncle
2Arabicعَمّpaternal uncle
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