boza

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noun

a fermented drink made from wheat or millet

OriginTurkish boza ← Ottoman Turkish بوزه ← xqa بخسى →
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Meanings

boza1

nounboza (countable and uncountable, plural bozas)

plural bozas · alternative bosa

  1. countableuncountablea fermented drink made from wheat or millet

Boza2

proper nounBoza (plural Bozas)

plural Bozas

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. xqaبخسم
  2. xqaبخسى
  3. Ottoman Turkishبوزه
  4. Turkishboza
  5. Englishboza

From Turkish boza. Derived from Ottoman Turkish بوزه (boza), from Karakhanid بخسى (buxsıː) or Karakhanid بخسم (buxsum). Nişanyan argues that the direction of interaction between Persian buχsum and the Turkish is unclear.

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Translations

Arabic بُوظَة, بُوظَا
  • بُوظَة (būẓa)fermented drink
  • بُوظَا (būẓā)fermented drink
  • بُوزَة (būza)fermented drink
Bulgarian боза́
  • боза́ (bozá)fermented drink
Chinese Mandarin 博薩 /博萨
  • 博薩 /博萨 (bósà)fermented drink
French boza
  • bozafermented drink
German Boza
  • Bozafermented drink
Greek μπόζα, μπόσα
  • μπόζα (bóza)fermented drink
  • μπόσα (bósa)fermented drink
Hungarian boza
  • bozafermented drink
Indonesian bozah
  • bozahfermented drink
Japanese ボザ
  • ボザ (boza)fermented drink
Korean 보자
  • 보자 (boja)fermented drink
Romanian bragă
  • bragăfermented drink
Russian буза́
  • буза́ (buzá)fermented drink
Turkish boza
  • bozafermented drink
Ukrainian буза́
  • буза́ (buzá)fermented drink

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Boaz
Cite this entry
APA

boza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boza

MLA

“boza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boza. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boza,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boza.

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