sevdalinka

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromسَوْدَاء“black [bile]; melancholy”
2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromسودالی“lover”
3. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromsevdalinka
4. English todaysevdalinka

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian sevdalinka, a compound of Ottoman Turkish سودالی (sevdalı, “lover”) + -inka, the first element deriving from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “black [bile]; melancholy”) + Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-lı).