Where does “дуван” come from?
дуван (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish دخان, from Arabic دُخَان — smoke.
дуван (Serbo-Croatian): tobacco; a cigarette
Ancestry of “дуван”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دخان | tobacco; smoke |
| 2 | Arabic | دُخَان | smoke |