Etymograph

English

Halilovic

Halilovic comes from Ottoman Turkish خلیل ‘close friend’, and goes back to Arabic خَلِيل.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentخَلِيل‘friend’
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928خلیلHalîl‘close friend’
  3. Serbo-CroatianmodernHalil
  4. Serbo-Croatian, derivedmodernHalilović
  5. EnglishtodayHalilovic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentخَلِيل‘friend’
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928خلیلHalîl‘close friend’
  3. Serbo-CroatianmodernHalil
  4. Serbo-Croatian, derivedmodernHalilović
  5. EnglishtodayHalilovic

Today it means

name A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic خَلِيل / Halilovic