Where does “ашигџија” come from?

ашигџија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish عاشق, from Arabic عَاشِق, from Arabic عَشِقَ — to love.

ашигџија (Serbo-Croatian): suitor, gallant, lover

Definitions

  1. suitor, gallant, lover

Ancestry of “ашигџија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعاشقlover, admirer
2Arabicعَاشِقadmirer, lover; lover
3Arabicعَشِقَto love
Every word from Arabic عَشِقَ →Every word from Arabic عَاشِق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish عاشق →