Where does “բոյով” come from?

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

բոյով (Armenian): tall

Definitions

  1. tall

Ancestry of “բոյով”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianբոյheight, stature of a person
2Ottoman Turkishبویstature, height, length, size; tribe, clan;...
3Persianبویsmell, scent
4Middle Persian𐫁𐫇𐫏—
Every word from Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 →Every word from Persian بوی →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بوی →