[Fictionary] There is a Winner!

[Pierre Abbat]

On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 5:59:25 PM EDT Ziv Stern wrote:
> Oh man! I was about to guess the right answer, but I thought a muslim
> theological word would *have* to be from Classical Arabic, which (I think)
> doesn't have an [o]. I need to learn more about Islam, apparently...
> For the Jews among you, I hope you'll be amused to know my definition was
> inspired by the word "savta" ("grandmother").

I looked it up afterward; it's from Turkish. The Turkish Wiktionary says it's 
from an Arabic root, but doesn't say what the Arabic word is. I suspect it's 
from an Arabic cognate of Hebrew שופט and said so with my vote.

Pierre

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sei do'anai mi'a djuno puze'e noroi nalselganse srera