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Where does “Kurban bajram” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Kurban bajram”, step by step

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