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boza

boza noun: a fermented drink made from wheat or millet.

boza: a fermented drink made from wheat or millet
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Noun

boza (countable and uncountable, plural bozas)

  1. a fermented drink made from wheat or millet

Proper noun capitalized: Boza

Boza (plural Bozas)

  1. A surname.

boza meaning in Hindi, Arabic and Indonesian

boza in Hindi

boza
बूज़ा būzā

boza in Arabic

fermented drink
بُوظَة būẓa, بُوظَا būẓā, بُوزَة būza

boza in Indonesian

fermented drink
bozah

Forms of boza

Noun
pluralbozas
alternative formbosa
Proper noun
pluralBozas

Origin of boza

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.

Questions about boza

What does boza mean?
Boza means a fermented drink made from wheat or millet.
What is boza in Hindi?
Boza in Hindi is बूज़ा (būzā). See Boza meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is boza?
Boza can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of boza?
The plural of boza is bozas.

Words near boza in the dictionary

  1. boyzilians
  2. Boyzoner
  3. Boyztown
  4. Boz
  5. Boz Angeles
  6. boza
  7. bozack
  8. bozacks
  9. Bozada
  10. bozal
  11. bozals

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: boza (page history and authors); Boza (page history and authors); बूज़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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