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Where does “арсуз” come from?

арсуз (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish عارسز, from Ottoman Turkish ـسز, from Proto-Turkic *-siŕ.

арсуз (Serbo-Croatian): shameless; shameless person

Definitions

  1. shameless; shameless person

Ancestry of “арсуз”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعارسزshameless
2Ottoman Turkishـسز—
3Proto-Turkic*-siŕ—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-siŕ →