avarii

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian авария (avarija), itself from Italian avaria, from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, damaged goods), from عَوَار (ʕawār, fault, blemish, defect, flaw), from عَوِرَ (ʕawira, to lose an eye).

Noun

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avarii

  1. breakdown, crash, accident