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Where does “bojiti” come from?

bojiti (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.

bojiti (Serbo-Croatian): to colour; to dye; to paint

Definitions

  1. to colour; to dye; to paint

Ancestry of “bojiti”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bojiti”

  • obojiti
Every word from Hungarian boldog →