بوی

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bod.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Proto-Oghuz, from Persian بوی (bôy, “smell”).

Etymology 4

From Proto-Turkic *bȫg. Cognate with Azerbaijani böyə.

Further reading

• Hauenschild, Ingeborg (2003) Die Tierbezeichnungen bei Mahmud al-Kaschgari: eine Untersuchung aus sprach- und kulturhistorischer Sicht (Turcologica; 53) (in German), Otto Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden, →ISBN, pages 70–71
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “بوی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, pages 135–136
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 295b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بوی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 946b–947a

Alternative forms

• بو (bu)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian բոյր (boyr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

بوی • (buy)

1. smell, scent

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بوی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 947a
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بوی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “بوی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 281