 The Ottoman conquest began a linguistical contact between Turkish and South Slavic; Turkish influence grew stronger after the 15th century.Besides Turkish loanwords, also many Arabic (such as "alat", "tool", "sat", "time, clock") and Persian ("čarape", "socks", "šećer", "sugar") words entered via Turkish, called "Orientalisms" ("orijentalizmi").Also, many Greek words entered via Turkish.