Where does “բոյ” come from?

բոյ (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوی, from Persian بوی, from Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏.

բոյ (Armenian): height, stature of a person

Definitions

  1. height, stature of a person

Ancestry of “բոյ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبویstature, height, length, size; tribe, clan;...
2Persianبویsmell, scent
3Middle Persian𐫁𐫇𐫏—

Words derived from “բոյ”

Every word from Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 →Every word from Persian بوی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بوی →
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