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Where does “хурма” come from?

хурма (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish خرما, from Classical Persian خُرْمَا, from Pahlavi hwlmʾk'.

хурма (Serbo-Croatian): date; persimmon

Definitions

  1. date; persimmon

Ancestry of “хурма”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishخرماdate
2Classical Persianخُرْمَا—
3Pahlavihwlmʾk'—
Every word from Pahlavi hwlmʾk' →