The story
- Turkic · derived from
- English todayalacha
Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (“multi-colored”). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.