Standard Lemma guide

boza

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: B OW1 Z AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a fermented drink made from wheat or millet

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bozë — fermented drink
  • Arabic: بُوظَة (būẓa) — fermented drink
  • Arabic: بُوظَا (būẓā) — fermented drink
  • Arabic: بُوزَة (būza) — fermented drink
  • Armenian: բուզա (buza) — fermented drink
  • Armenian: բոզա (boza) — fermented drink
  • Azerbaijani: boza — fermented drink
  • Belarusian: буза́ (buzá) — fermented drink
  • Bulgarian: боза́ (bozá) — fermented drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 博薩 /博萨 (bósà) — fermented drink
  • Crimean Tatar: boza — fermented drink
  • French: boza — fermented drink
  • Georgian: ბოზა (boza) — fermented drink
  • German: Boza — fermented drink
  • Greek: μπόζα (bóza) — fermented drink
  • Greek: μπόσα (bósa) — fermented drink
  • Hungarian: boza — fermented drink
  • Indonesian: bozah — fermented drink
  • Japanese: ボザ (boza) — fermented drink
  • Kazakh: боза (boza) — fermented drink
  • Korean: 보자 (boja) — fermented drink
  • Kyrgyz: бозо (bozo) — fermented drink
  • Macedonian: боза (boza) — fermented drink
  • Iranian Persian: بوزِه (buze) — fermented drink
  • Romanian: bragă — fermented drink
  • Russian: буза́ (buzá) — fermented drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо́за — fermented drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: bóza — fermented drink
  • Tatar: буза (buza) — fermented drink
  • Tatar: боза (boza) — fermented drink
  • Turkish: boza — fermented drink
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوزا (boza) — fermented drink
  • Ukrainian: буза́ (buzá) — fermented drink