Where does “pejgamber” come from?

pejgamber (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پیغامبر, from Persian پیغامبر, from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl, from Middle Persian -bl.

pejgamber (Serbo-Croatian): prophet, messenger

Definitions

  1. prophet, messenger

Ancestry of “pejgamber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپیغامبرprophet, messenger
2PersianپیغامبرAlternative form of پیغمبر
3Middle Persianpgtʾmblprophet
4Middle Persian-bl—
Every word from Middle Persian -bl →Every word from Middle Persian pgtʾmbl →Every word from Persian پیغامبر →