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sevda: Arabic → Azerbaijani · Lexodus

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sevda

From Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “black bile, melancholy”). The meaning shifted to the present ones under the influence of Azerbaijani sevmək, to which it is originally unrelated.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1400

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