بوزا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

بوزه (boza)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bōza, “boza”), a word related to (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) (definite accusative بوزایی (bozayı), plural بوزالر (bozalar))

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

Derived terms

افریقا بوزاسی (afrika bozası, “variety of boza produced in Africa”)
بوزاجی (bozacı, “maker or seller of boza”)
بوزاخانه (bozahâne, “boza shop”)
مرمریق بوزا (mırmırık boza, “a more intoxicating variety of boza”)

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:
- Cyrillic script: бо́за
- Latin script: bóza

Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “بوزا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 329
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “boza”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 666
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوزه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 287
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “boza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بوزا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 397