Where does “kula” come from?
kula (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قله, from Arabic قُلَّة, from Aramaic קוּלְתָא.
kula (Serbo-Croatian): tower; turret; steeple
Ancestry of “kula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قله | summit, peak; tower, pinnacle, steeple, turret |
| 2 | Arabic | قُلَّة | jar, wine jug; pinnacle, zenith |
| 3 | Aramaic | קוּלְתָא | — |