Where does “boya” come from?

boya (Crimean Tatar) comes from Proto-Turkic bodog, from Hungarian boldog — happy; blessed, beatified.

boya (Crimean Tatar): paint, pigment

Definitions

  1. paint, pigment

Ancestry of “boya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
2Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified

Words derived from “boya”

Every word from Hungarian boldog →Every word from Proto-Turkic bodog →
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