Where does “sevda papağanı” come from?
sevda papağanı (Turkish) comes from Turkish papağan, from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان, from Arabic بَبَغَاء.
sevda papağanı (Turkish): lovebird
Ancestry of “sevda papağanı”, step by step
sevda papağanı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish papağan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | papağan | parrot |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پاپاغان | parrot, popinjay, any kind of bird of the order Psittaciformes |
| 3 | Arabic | بَبَغَاء | — |
via Turkish sevda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | sevda | infatuation, strong love; strong desire, passion |
| 2 | Persian | سودا | trade |
| 3 | Arabic | سَوْدَاء | black bile, melancholy; black |