Where does “بوشناق” come from?
بوشناق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk, from Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna — Bosnia.
Ancestry of “بوشناق”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Bòšnjāk | Bosniak |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Bȍsna | Bosnia |