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Where does “lȁbūd” come from?

lȁbūd (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Persian لابد, from Arabic [[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]].

Ancestry of “lȁbūd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianلابدprobably; necessarily
2Arabic[[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]]—

Words derived from “lȁbūd”

  • labudica
  • labuđi
Every word from Arabic [[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]] →