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Where does “sedef” come from?

sedef (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish صدف, from Arabic صَدَف.

Ancestry of “sedef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصدف—
2Arabicصَدَف—

Words derived from “sedef”

  • sedefni
Every word from Arabic صَدَف →