Where does “ашиковати” come from?

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

ашиковати (Serbo-Croatian): to flirt; to romance; to woo

Definitions

  1. to flirt; to romance; to woo

Ancestry of “ашиковати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianашикsuitor, gallant; lover; flirting, suiting
2Ottoman Turkishعاشقlover, admirer
3Arabicعَاشِقadmirer, lover; lover
4Arabicعَشِقَto love
Every word from Arabic عَشِقَ →Every word from Arabic عَاشِق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish عاشق →
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