Where does “بۇي” come from?

بۇي (Uyghur) comes from Chagatai بوی, from Classical Persian بُویْ.

بۇي (Uyghur): smell, scent, odor

Definitions

  1. smell, scent, odor

Ancestry of “بۇي”, step by step

بۇي traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chagatai بوی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chagataiبوی—
2Classical Persianبُویْ—

via Proto-Turkic bȫg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbȫginsect; tarantula; a kind of spider; wolf-spider
Every word from Classical Persian بُویْ →Every word from Chagatai بوی →