Where does “melek” come from?
melek (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish melek, from Arabic مَلَك — angel.
melek (Serbo-Croatian): angel
Ancestry of “melek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | melek | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مَلَك | angel |