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Where does “бајат” come from?

бајат (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بایات, from Arabic بَائِت — stale.

бајат (Serbo-Croatian): stale, not fresh

Definitions

  1. stale, not fresh

Ancestry of “бајат”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبایاتstale, not fresh
2Arabicبَائِتstale
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