Where does “karanfil” come from?
karanfil (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قرنفل, from Arabic قَرَنْفُل.
karanfil (Serbo-Croatian): carnation
Ancestry of “karanfil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قرنفل | carnation; clove |
| 2 | Arabic | قَرَنْفُل | — |