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Where does “Boşnakça” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Boşnakça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوشناقجه—
2Ottoman Turkishبوشناق—
3Serbo-CroatianBòšnjākBosniak
4Serbo-CroatianBȍsnaBosnia
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