Where does “sevdalinka” come from?
sevdalinka (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish sevdalı, from Arabic سَوْدَاء — black bile, melancholy; black.
sevdalinka (Serbo-Croatian): sevdalinka
Ancestry of “sevdalinka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | sevdalı | — |
| 2 | Arabic | سَوْدَاء | black bile, melancholy; black |
Words derived from “sevdalinka”