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Where does “bàkar” come from?

bàkar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish باقر, from Arabic باقر, from Arabic ق, from Nabataean 𐢏, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.

Ancestry of “bàkar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباقرcopper
2Arabicباقرopener, gate
3Arabicقsecond-person masculine singular active...
4Nabataean𐢏—
5Phoenician𐤒qoph; qop

Words derived from “bàkar”

  • baker
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