Where does “арсузлук” come from?
арсузлук (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish عارسزلق, from Omani Arabic لك, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔, from Sanskrit लक्ष, from Sanskrit लक्ष्, from Sanskrit रक्ष् — to protect.
арсузлук (Serbo-Croatian): shamelessness
Ancestry of “арсузлук”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | عارسزلق | shamelessness |
| 2 | Omani Arabic | لك | — |
| 3 | Persian | لاک | — |
| 4 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 5 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 8 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |