Where does “боя” come from?

боя (Bulgarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بویا, from Old Anatolian Turkish boyaɣ, from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ, from Proto-Turkic bodog, from Hungarian boldog — happy; blessed, beatified.

боя (Bulgarian): dye (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Definitions

  1. dye (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Ancestry of “боя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
2Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
3Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
4Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
5Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified
Every word from Hungarian boldog →