Where the Romanian word “boi” comes from
From Turkish.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (s.n.):
Din tc. boy.
→ Turkish · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (vb.):
Din boia (derivat regresiv).
→ Made in Romanian · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- Turkish (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Ottoman Turkish بوی
- In film dialogue
- 1.2 times per million words · number 12,766 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 11 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 71 26 5.1 11 19 - Swap in a synonym
- față (Inherited Latin), înșela (Inherited Latin), trup (Old Slavic), figură (French), păcăli (Unknown origin), neam (Hungarian), soi (Turkish), înfățișare (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
haide, rahat, turc, cafea, cutie, tos, top, dușman, hain, han, șerif, tătar