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Where does “курбан” come from?

курбан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قربان, from Arabic قُرْبَان, from Ottoman Turkish بیرام, from Common Turkic badram, from Iranian word.

курбан (Serbo-Croatian): victim; sacrifice

Definitions

  1. victim; sacrifice

Ancestry of “курбан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقربان—
2Arabicقُرْبَان—
3Ottoman Turkishبیرامholy feast, holy day, festival
4Common Turkicbadram—
5Iranianword—
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