Where does “lala” come from?

lala (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish لاله, from Persian لاله, from Persian لال — mute; speechless; red.

lala (Serbo-Croatian): tulip; a person from Vojvodina

Definitions

  1. tulip; a person from Vojvodina

Ancestry of “lala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلالهtulip
2Persianلالهtulip
3Persianلالmute; speechless; red
Every word from Persian لال →Every word from Persian لاله →Every word from Ottoman Turkish لاله →