Where does “bohça” come from?

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

bohça (Turkish): bundle; group of objects held together by wrapping

Definitions

  1. bundle; group of objects held together by wrapping

Ancestry of “bohça”, 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 →