بوزا

Ottoman Turkish
بوزا

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بوزه (bōza, “boza”), a word related to بوزک (bowzak, “yeast; mould”), perhaps through Old Turkic [script needed] (buχsı /⁠busï⁠/), even though Nişanyan argues that a relation between Persian and Turkic is not apparent.

Noun

بوزا • (boza)

  1. boza, a fermented and sometimes alcoholic drink made from wheat or millet

Derived terms
  • بوزاجی (bozacı, “maker or seller of boza”)
  • بوزاخانه (bozahane, “boza shop”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: boza
  • → Albanian: bozë
  • → Arabic: بُوظَة (būẓa), بُوظَا (būẓā, bōẓā), بُوزَة (būza, bōza)
  • → Armenian: պօզա (pōza)
  • → Bulgarian: боза́ (bozá)
  • → Greek: μποζάς (bozás)
  • → Macedonian: боза (boza)
  • → Romanian: boza
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

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