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
- to flirt; to romance; to woo
Ancestry of “ашиковати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ашик | suitor, gallant; lover; flirting, suiting |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | عاشق | — |
| 3 | Arabic | عَاشِق | admirer, lover; lover |
| 4 | Arabic | عَشِقَ | to love |