Where does “батлија” come from?
батлија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ба̏хт, from Ottoman Turkish بخت, from Persian بخت, from Middle Persian b(ʾ)ht', from Proto-Iranian bagta-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂g- — to divide, distribute, allot.
батлија (Serbo-Croatian): lucky person
Ancestry of “батлија”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ба̏хт | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بخت | luck; fortune |
| 3 | Persian | بخت | fortune, prosperity, felicity, happiness; luck;... |
| 4 | Middle Persian | b(ʾ)ht' | fortune, luck |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | bagta- | assigned, allotted; fate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂g- | to divide, distribute, allot |