Where does “Şaban” come from?
Şaban (Turkish) comes from Arabic شعبان, from Arabic شَعْبَان, from Arabic شَعَبَ — to scatter, to disperse.
Şaban (Turkish): plough, plow
Definitions
- plough, plow
Ancestry of “Şaban”, step by step
Şaban traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic شعبان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | شعبان | — |
| 2 | Arabic | شَعْبَان | — |
| 3 | Arabic | شَعَبَ | to scatter, to disperse |
via Ottoman Turkish صبان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | صبان | plough, a device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting |