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Where does “дилкуша” come from?

дилкуша (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish dilküşa, from Persian del, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥dáyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

дилкуша (Serbo-Croatian): songbird, usually nightingale

Definitions

  1. songbird, usually nightingale

Ancestry of “дилкуша”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishdilküşa—
2Persiandel—
3Proto-Iranian*jr̥dáyam—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰŕ̥dayamheart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “дилкуша”

  • дилкушица
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