Where does “бећаруша” come from?
бећаруша (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian бећар, from Ottoman Turkish بكار, from Arabic بِكْر — virgin; firstborn.
бећаруша (Serbo-Croatian): bachelorette; spinster
Ancestry of “бећаруша”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | бећар | bachelor; an unmarried man |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بكار | — |
| 3 | Arabic | بِكْر | virgin; firstborn |