Feminine

boina

beret

Frequency

29k
Hyphenated as
boi‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈboina/
Etymology

In summary

Recent loan from Basque, though Basque's term for such a cap is txapel (from Latin). Possibly a Basque pronunciation of Vulgar Latin *abonnis, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni, from Proto-Germanic *bi + *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Compare the etymology of bonete.

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