Where does “boya” come from?
boya (Crimean Tatar) comes from Proto-Turkic bodog, from Hungarian boldog — happy; blessed, beatified.
boya (Crimean Tatar): paint, pigment
Ancestry of “boya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Turkic | bodog | paint, dye |
| 2 | Hungarian | boldog | happy; blessed, beatified |