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Where does “aber” come from?

aber (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish خبر, from Old Anatolian Turkish خبر, from Arabic خَبَر — news, information.

aber (Serbo-Croatian): news; message, information; sensation, feeling

Definitions

  1. news; message, information; sensation, feeling

Ancestry of “aber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishخبرnews; information; advice
2Old Anatolian Turkishخبر—
3Arabicخَبَرnews, information
Every word from Arabic خَبَر →