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Where does “katranski” come from?

katranski (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian katran, from Ottoman Turkish قطران, from Arabic قَطْرَان — tar.

katranski (Serbo-Croatian): tar, containing tar, or covered with tar

Definitions

  1. tar, containing tar, or covered with tar

Ancestry of “katranski”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiankatrantar
2Ottoman Turkishقطرانtar
3Arabicقَطْرَانtar
Every word from Arabic قَطْرَان →