Where does “boyacı” come from?

boyacı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بویاجی, from Ottoman Turkish بویا, from Old Anatolian Turkish boyaɣ, from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ, from Proto-Turkic bodog, from Hungarian boldog — happy; blessed, beatified.

boyacı (Turkish): painter

Definitions

  1. painter

Ancestry of “boyacı”, step by step

boyacı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بویاجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبویاجیdyer
2Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
3Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
4Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
5Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
6Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified

via Azerbaijani boya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniboyacolor; dye
Every word from Hungarian boldog →Every word from Proto-Turkic bodog →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish boδaɣ →