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Where does “Boşnak” come from?

Boşnak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوشناق, from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk, from Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna — Bosnia.

Ancestry of “Boşnak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوشناق—
2Serbo-CroatianBòšnjākBosniak
3Serbo-CroatianBȍsnaBosnia

Words derived from “Boşnak”

  • Boşnakça
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