Where does “zararlı” come from?

zararlı (Turkish) comes from Turkish zarar, from Ottoman Turkish ضرر, from Arabic ضَرَر — damage, injury.

zararlı (Turkish): destructive, harmful, pernicious

Definitions

  1. destructive, harmful, pernicious

Ancestry of “zararlı”, step by step

zararlı traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish zarar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishzarardamage
2Ottoman Turkishضررdamage, injury, detriment, harm, the condition or measure of something not being intact
3Arabicضَرَرdamage, injury

via Crimean Tatar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatar

via Crimean Tatar zarar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarzarar
Every word from Arabic ضَرَرEvery word from Ottoman Turkish ضررEvery word from Turkish zarar