Where does “dušman” come from?
dušman (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish düşman, from Classical Persian دُشْمَن.
dušman (Serbo-Croatian): "or"; enemy
Ancestry of “dušman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | düşman | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | دُشْمَن | — |