𐰽𐰺𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *siarïg (yellow; white). Cognate to Chuvash шурӑ (šură, white), Khalaj sâruğ, Turkish sarı, Uzbek sariq, Bashkir һары (harı), Yakut араҕас (arağas). Compare also Mongolian шар (šar) as well as Hungarian sárga, a Turkic borrowing.

Adjective

𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ)

  1. yellow
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 11
      𐰽𐰺𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰽𐰉𐰲𐰃:𐰖𐰔𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰾𐰇𐰔:𐰽𐰉:𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      sarïɣ:atlïɣ:sabčï:yazïɣ:atlïɣ:yalbač:edgü:söz:sab:elti:kelir:tér
      There comes a messenger on a yellow horse (and) an envoy on a dark brown horse, bringing good tidings, it says.

See also

Colors in Old Turkic · 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰍 (boduɣ) (layout · text)
     𐰀𐰴 (āq), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ)      𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)      𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)
             𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (qïzïl), 𐰞 (al)              𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (yaɣïz), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)              𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ)
                          𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl)             
                          𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)             
                                      

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “s(a)r(ı)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
  • Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰽𐰺𐰍”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sarığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 848
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*siarɨg”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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