Where does “veya” come from?

veya (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ویا, from Ottoman Turkish و, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

veya (Turkish): or

Definitions

  1. or

Ancestry of “veya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishویاor
2Ottoman Turkishوand
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →
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