19th-century German writer Joseph Baron Ow, in his book "Die Abstammung der Griechen und die Irrthümer und Täuschungen des Dr. Ph. Fallmerayer", written in 1846, gives a completely different interpretation. He writes that the name "Bostiza" is a diminutive form (typical in Greek language) of the word "Bosta" which comes from the French word "Bastion" (middle French Bastillon). From Βosta comes the word "Bostan/Bostani" which is common in Greek and Turkish language and it means garden (though many linguists name Bosta as of Persian origin).