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Where does “daire” come from?

daire (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish دائره, from Arabic دَائِرَة — circle; periodical, circle.

daire (Serbo-Croatian): dayereh, tambourine

Definitions

  1. dayereh, tambourine

Ancestry of “daire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدائرهthat goes round or surrounds; circle;...
2Arabicدَائِرَةcircle; periodical, circle
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