Where does “ahbab” come from?
ahbab (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish احباب, from Arabic أَحْبَاب, from Arabic حَبِيب — dear; beloved, dear, darling; beloved, sweetheart.
ahbab (Serbo-Croatian): friend; beloved one
Ancestry of “ahbab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | احباب | — |
| 2 | Arabic | أَحْبَاب | — |
| 3 | Arabic | حَبِيب | dear; beloved, dear, darling; beloved, sweetheart |