Where does “japrak” come from?

japrak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish یپراق, from Proto-Turkic *yapurgak — leaf.

japrak (Serbo-Croatian): grape leaf (as used for stuffed grape leaves)

Definitions

  1. grape leaf (as used for stuffed grape leaves)

Ancestry of “japrak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیپراقleaf
2Proto-Turkic*yapurgakleaf
Every word from Proto-Turkic *yapurgak →Every word from Ottoman Turkish یپراق →