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.
Attested since at least 1838, originally to denote the incomprehensible talk of Auvergnats. The further etymology is uncertain. It's believed to possibly mimick a perceived Auvergnat pronunciation of /s/ as /ʃ/. Others theorize it's derived from Occitan charrar (“to chatter”), or Franco-Provençal charabarat (horse market). A borrowing from Spanish algarabía has been theorized but deemed less…