Where does “къарабудай” come from?

къарабудай (Kumyk) comes from Kumyk будай, from Old Turkic bugday.

къарабудай (Kumyk): spelt

Definitions

  1. spelt

Ancestry of “къарабудай”, step by step

къарабудай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kumyk будай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kumykбудайwheat
2Old Turkicbugday—

via Kumyk къара

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kumykкъараblack
Every word from Old Turkic bugday →Every word from Kumyk будай →