Where does “boja” come from?

boja (Serbo-Croatian) 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.

boja (Serbo-Croatian): color, tint; dye, colourant; suit in card games

Definitions

  1. color, tint; dye, colourant; suit in card games

Ancestry of “boja”, step by step

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

Words derived from “boja”

Every word from Hungarian boldog →Every word from Proto-Turkic bodog →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ →