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“abrakadabra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
From Late Latinabracadabra, a word used in magical writings, of uncertain origin, possibly from Thracian. Perhaps related to Abraxas(a Gnostic deity), and with various Aramaic or Hebrew terms, such as עברא כדברא(avra kedavra, literally “what was said has come to pass”), עַבְדָא כְּדַברָא(avda kedavara, literally “what was said has been done”); ארבע-אחד-ארבע (arba-eḥad-arba, literally “four-one-four”).
^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “abrakadraba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading
abrakadabra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (01.12.2012) “ABRAKADABRA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
abracadabra(said by someone doing magic or magical trick)
Further reading
“abrakadabra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
“abrakadabra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 4