Where does “boyax” come from?

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

boyax (Kurdish): color; paint

Definitions

  1. color; paint

Ancestry of “boyax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishboyacolor; dye; tint
2Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
3Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
4Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
5Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
6Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified
Every word from Hungarian boldog →Every word from Proto-Turkic bodog →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ →