Abbreviation of English Bogadjim.

boj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anjam.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anjam terms

Metaphoric use of boj (“to drive”) (see dëboj), from Proto-Albanian *bāgnja, related to Lithuanian běgti (“to run”), Latvian bêgt (“id.”), Old Prussian begeyte (“id.”) and Greek φέβομαι (févomai, “to be put to flight, flee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-. Usually attested in the passive form bohet.^[1]

boj (aorist bova, participle buar)

1. to mate

• dëboj

• IPA^(key): [ˈboj]

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Inherited from Old Czech boj, from Proto-Slavic *bojь. Deverbal from bít.

boj m inan

1. fight

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

boj

1. second-person singular imperative of bát

• “boj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “boj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “boj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /boi̯/

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• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Syllabification: boj

boj

1. bark of a dog; woof!

• boji (“to bark”)

• “boj”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

boj

1. superseded spelling of bój

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь. Deverbal from bíti.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈboj/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈboj/

boj m inan

1. fight

   Obě straně bojě jsta křivě.

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• Czech: boj

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “boj”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

• IPA^(key): /bôːj/

bȏj m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̑ј)

1. battle

• “boj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “boj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bòjь.

• IPA^(key): /bɔj/, [ˈbɔɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɔj

boj m inan (relational adjective bojový)

1. fight, battle, conflict
2. struggle, a great effort to achieve something

• “boj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

• boje

Borrowed from Catalan boix, from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). Compare the inherited regional inherited doublet bujo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbox/ [ˈbox]

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• Rhymes: -ox
• Syllabification: boj

boj m (plural bojes)

1. box (tree), boxwood

• “boj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Middle Low German boie or Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”), itself of Germanic origin, from Frankish *baukn (“symbol, sign”).

boj c

1. buoy; a moored float
2. baize (textile, a woolen stuff)

The textile (definition 2) has previously been neuter gender, but has been masculine (and common gender) since the 1st edition of SAOL (1874)

• Boj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
• “boj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “boj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• boj in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• boj in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

• Job

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