Where does “ашик” come from?

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

ашик (Serbo-Croatian): suitor, gallant; lover; flirting, suiting

Definitions

  1. suitor, gallant; lover; flirting, suiting

Ancestry of “ашик”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعاشقlover, admirer
2Arabicعَاشِقadmirer, lover; lover
3Arabicعَشِقَto love

Words derived from “ашик”

Every word from Arabic عَشِقَ →Every word from Arabic عَاشِق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish عاشق →