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Where does “kajsija” come from?

kajsija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قیصی, from Arabic قَيْسِي.

kajsija (Serbo-Croatian): apricot

Definitions

  1. apricot

Ancestry of “kajsija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقیصیapricot
2Arabicقَيْسِي—
Every word from Arabic قَيْسِي →