Where does “batak” come from?

batak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish bacak, from Ottoman Turkish باجاق — leg, thigh; knave, jack in playing cards.

batak (Serbo-Croatian): leg

Definitions

  1. leg

Ancestry of “batak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbacakleg; knave, jack in playing cards
2Ottoman Turkishباجاقleg, thigh; knave, jack in playing cards
Every word from Ottoman Turkish باجاق →Every word from Turkish bacak →