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
Ancestry of “boyax”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | boya | color; dye; tint |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بویا | color; dye; paint |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | boyaɣ | dye |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | boδaɣ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | bodog | paint, dye |
| 6 | Hungarian | boldog | happy; blessed, beatified |