Southern Altai

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Etymology

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Ultimately derived from Arabic بَزّ (bazz). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰕 (böz), Karakhanid بُوزْ (bȫz), Chagatai بوز (böz), Uyghur بۆز (böz), Turkish bez, Turkmen biz.

Noun

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бӧс (bös)

  1. fabric, cloth

References

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Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бӧс”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN