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Where does “bu” come from?
bu (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بو, from Proto-Turkic bu — this.
bu
(Turkish): this
Definitions
this
Ancestry of “bu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
بو
this; Alternative form of بوی
2
Proto-Turkic
bu
this
Words derived from “bu”
bugün
bu bakımdan
bu açıdan
bugünkü
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