Where does “роспија” come from?

роспија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish روسپی, from Persian روسپی, from Middle Persian lwspyk' — whore.

роспија (Serbo-Croatian): prostitute; hooker; harlot

Definitions

  1. prostitute; hooker; harlot

Ancestry of “роспија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishروسپیprostitute, harlot, hooker, whore
2Persianروسپیprostitute, harlot, whore, courtesan
3Middle Persianlwspyk'whore
Every word from Middle Persian lwspyk' →Every word from Persian روسپی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish روسپی →