Where does “mušterija” come from?

mušterija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish müşteri, from Ottoman Turkish مشتری, from Arabic مُشْتَرٍ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

mušterija (Serbo-Croatian): customer, buyer

Definitions

  1. customer, buyer

Ancestry of “mušterija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishmüştericustomer
2Ottoman Turkishمشتریcustomer
3Arabicمُشْتَرٍbuyer, seller
4Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
5Arabicرَأَىto see
Every word from Arabic رَأَى →Every word from Arabic ر →Every word from Arabic مُشْتَرٍ →