Where does “boye” come from?

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

boye (Zazaki): color; paint

Definitions

  1. color; paint

Ancestry of “boye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishboyacolor; dye; tint
2Ottoman Turkishبویاcolor; dye; paint
3Old Anatolian Turkishboyaɣdye
4Old Anatolian Turkishboδaɣ—
5Proto-Turkicbodogpaint, dye
6Hungarianboldoghappy; blessed, beatified
Every word from Hungarian boldog →
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