Where does “hava” come from?
hava (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish هوا, from Arabic هَوَاء — air, atmosphere.
hava (Serbo-Croatian): air
Ancestry of “hava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | هوا | — |
| 2 | Arabic | هَوَاء | air, atmosphere |