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Where does “парче” come from?

парче (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پارچه, from Persian پارچه, from Persian پاره, from Middle Persian pʾlk' — piece, part, portion.

парче (Serbo-Croatian): piece, shred, chip, morsel, fragment

Definitions

  1. piece, shred, chip, morsel, fragment

Ancestry of “парче”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپارچهpiece, fragment, morsel, segment, bit; a...
2Persianپارچهpiece, segment, section, morsel; cloth; material
3Persianپارهpiece, part, portion; coin, money; torn, torn...
4Middle Persianpʾlk'piece, part, portion
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