boza

(Engels)

Noun

A fermented drink made from wheat or millet, bosa.

Verb

third-person singular optative of bozmak

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[bozɑ]

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Ottomaans-Turks: بوزه

Overgenomen van Ottomaans-Turks: بوز

In summary

One of two possibilities:
* inherited from Ottoman Turkish بوزه, from Persian بوزه (buze).
* Possibly from bozmak ("to blemish, to blight, to spoil or ruin") and Ottoman Turkish بوز (boz) ("Gray, Brown" - referring to the color of the beverage).

Synoniemen

buğday

darı

Vertalingen

بوظة

zythum

boze