Where does “торбар” come from?
торбар (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian то́рба, from Ottoman Turkish طوربه, from Persian توبره, from Middle Persian tōbrag — bag, sack.
торбар (Serbo-Croatian): marsupial; peddler
Ancestry of “торбар”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | то́рба | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طوربه | bag |
| 3 | Persian | توبره | bag, sack |
| 4 | Middle Persian | tōbrag | bag, sack |