boza

• bosa

From Turkish boza, from Old Turkic [script needed] (buχsı /busï/). Nişanyan argues that a relation between Persian and Turkic is not apparent.

boza (countable and uncountable, plural bozas)

1. a fermented drink made from wheat or millet

• Boaz

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوزه‎ (boza).

boza f (plural bozale)

1. boza

• boza in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Ottoman Turkish بوزه‎ (Turkish boza), from Persian بوزه‎ (buze).

bóza f (Cyrillic spelling бо́за)

1. bosa (a fermented malt drink)

boza f (plural bozas)

1. boza

• “boza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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).

• IPA^(key): [bozɑ]
• Hyphenation: bo‧za

boza (definite accusative bozayı, plural bozalar)

1. A fermented drink made from wheat or millet, bosa.