Where does “katran” come from?
katran (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قطران, from Arabic قَطْرَان — tar.
katran (Serbo-Croatian): tar
Ancestry of “katran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قطران | tar |
| 2 | Arabic | قَطْرَان | tar |
Words derived from “katran”