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Where does “казан” come from?

казан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قزان, from Proto-Turkic kaŕgan — cauldron.

казан (Serbo-Croatian): cauldron, kettle

Definitions

  1. cauldron, kettle

Ancestry of “казан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقزانkettle
2Proto-Turkickaŕgancauldron
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