Where does “بوی” come from?

بوی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian بوی, from Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏.

بوی (Ottoman Turkish): stature, height, length, size; tribe, clan;...

Definitions

  1. stature, height, length, size; tribe, clan;...

Ancestry of “بوی”, step by step

بوی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بوی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبویsmell, scent
2Middle Persian𐫁𐫇𐫏—

via Proto-Turkic bod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbodbody, stature; self; kin, tribe, etc; body,...

Words derived from “بوی”

Every word from Middle Persian 𐫁𐫇𐫏 →Every word from Persian بوی →