Where does “bošča” come from?

bošča (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوغچه, from Ottoman Turkish ـجه, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

bošča (Serbo-Croatian): veil, kerchief; tablecloth; quadrangle-shaped...

Definitions

  1. veil, kerchief; tablecloth; quadrangle-shaped...

Ancestry of “bošča”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوغچهbundle, a cloth tied up for carrying things other than cloths, drawstring bag
2Ottoman Turkishـجهlike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
3Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـجه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بوغچه →