Where does “بویاجی” come from?

بویاجی (Ottoman Turkish) 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.

بویاجی (Ottoman Turkish): dyer

Definitions

  1. dyer

Ancestry of “بویاجی”, step by step

بویاجی traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بویا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
2Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
3Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ
4Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
5Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified

via Proto-Turkic *bodagčï

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*bodagčï
2Proto-West Germanicbodagbody, trunk, corpse
3Proto-Turkic*boda-

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix

Words derived from “بویاجی

Every word from Hungarian boldogEvery word from Proto-Turkic bodogEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ
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