Where does “budak” come from?
budak (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوداق, from Old Anatolian Turkish بوداق, from Old Turkic butaq, from Proto-Turkic *būta- — to cut branches.
budak (Turkish): shoot, the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant
Definitions
- shoot, the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant
Ancestry of “budak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بوداق | shoot, the emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | بوداق | branch, the woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing |
| 3 | Old Turkic | butaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *būta- | to cut branches |
Words derived from “budak”