Where does “sat” come from?

sat (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ساعت, from Persian ساعت, from Arabic سَاعَة, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.

sat (Serbo-Croatian): clock; watch; hour

Definitions

  1. clock; watch; hour

Ancestry of “sat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishساعتhour; watch
2Persianساعتhour; watch
3Arabicسَاعَةhour, clock
4Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—
Every word from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא →Every word from Arabic سَاعَة →Every word from Persian ساعت →
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