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Where does “labuđi” come from?

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

labuđi (Serbo-Croatian): swan

Definitions

  1. swan

Ancestry of “labuđi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianlȁbūd—
2Persianلابدprobably; necessarily
3Arabic[[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]]—
Every word from Arabic [[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]] →