köken: Of debated origin, but probably of Breton origin, from bara (“bread”) + gwin (“wine”). The contemptuous word dates back to the Middle Ages, first attested in 1396, the year of the marriage of John VI, Duke of Brittany, with Joan of France. Compare Spanish barahúnda, Asturian baragaña, Portuguese barafunda.
köken: According to Max Vasmer, comes from деру́, драть (dratʹ). Compare typologically дребеде́нь (drebedénʹ), чепуха́ (čepuxá). Compare otherwise also Polish bzdura.
the Arabic language · gibberish (speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless)
çekim: çoğul algaravias
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese algaravia, from Arabic الْعَرَبِيَّة (al-ʕarabiyya, “Arabic [language]”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Galician and Spanish algarabía.