Serbo-Croatian edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěkařь, perhaps ultimately from the root of Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz and Old Irish líaig.[1]

Noun edit

ljèkār m (Cyrillic spelling љѐка̄р)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) physician, doctor
  2. (Croatia) pharmacist, druggist, apothecary

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References edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “leech”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.