𐰖𐱁𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāĺïl (green), equivalent to 𐰖𐰀𐰽 (yāš) +‎ 𐰞 (-ïl). Cognate with Chuvash ҫулҫӑ (śulś̬ă, leaf), Khalaj yâşıl (green), Azerbaijani yaşıl (green), Turkish yeşil (green), Uzbek yashil (green), Bashkir йәшел (yəşel, green), Yakut саһыл (sahıl, fox).

Adjective

𐰖𐱁𐰞 (y¹šl¹ /yašïl/)

  1. (hapax legomenon) green, yellow

Usage notes

Not actually attested by itself, found in the Old Turkic corpus only in the compound term above.

Derived terms

  • 𐰖𐱁𐰞:𐰇𐰏𐰔 (Yašïl Ögüz, Yellow River)

See also

Colors in Old Turkic · *𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰍 (*b¹ud¹ǧ /⁠*boduɣ⁠/) (layout · text)
     𐰀𐰴 (aq /⁠aq⁠/), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ür²ŋ /⁠ürüŋ⁠/)      𐰉𐰆𐰔 (b¹uz /⁠boz⁠/)      𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qr¹a /⁠qara⁠/)
             𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (q̊²izl¹ /⁠qïzïl⁠/), 𐰞 ( /⁠al⁠/)              𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (y²gr²n² /⁠yägrän⁠/), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (t¹ur¹ǧ /⁠toruɣ⁠/); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (y¹ǧz /⁠yaɣïz⁠/), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (b¹uz /⁠boz⁠/)              𐰽𐰺𐰍 (s¹r¹ǧ /⁠sarïɣ⁠/)
                          𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kük /⁠kök⁠/), 𐰖𐱁𐰞 (y¹šl¹ /⁠yašïl⁠/)             
                          𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kük /⁠kök⁠/)             
                                      

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