Where does “ბოჲა” come from?

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

ბოჲა (Laz): color, colour, dye, paint

Definitions

  1. color, colour, dye, paint

Ancestry of “ბოჲა”, step by step

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