Where does “lula” come from?
lula (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Albanian lulë, from Ottoman Turkish لوله, from Persian لوله, from Middle Persian lwlk' — *herb.
lula (Serbo-Croatian): tobacco pipe
Ancestry of “lula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | lulë | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | لوله | — |
| 3 | Persian | لوله | tube; pipe |
| 4 | Middle Persian | lwlk' | *herb |