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csardas

The Hungarian dance is named after the csárda, a roadside tavern — a word that came through Ottoman Turkish çardak 'arbour' from Persian čârtâq 'four arches'. The same Persian word became a Balkan porch and a Russian attic, and the dance carried its name to Vienna, Bucharest and Moscow.

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The road to English

From Persian to Russian

From Ottoman Turkish to Serbo-Croatian

From Hungarian to German

From Hungarian to Romanian

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Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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