𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽲 (sʾrq /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
Orkhon script 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (s¹r¹ǧ /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
Syriac script ܣܐܪܘܥ (sʾryʿ /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
Brahmi script 𑀲𑀸‌𑀭𑁆𑀕𑁆 (sā‌rg‌ /⁠sārïġ⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sarïg (yellow), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sāŕï- (white). Doublet of 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sʾzqʾn /⁠sazġan⁠/, pink).

Cognate with Karakhanid سَرِغْ (sarïɣ) and Old Turkic 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (s¹r¹ǧ /⁠sarïg⁠/).

Adjective

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /sarïġ/)

  1. yellow
    Synonym: 𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽴 (krʾz /⁠ḳaraʒa⁠/)
    • c. 10th century, The Tale of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Pāpaṃkara pages 42-43 (lines 8-2):[1]
      𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽸𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽴 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐾁𐽰
      𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵
      𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽼 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾
      ʾwl qʾpʾqdʾ sʾkyz kwyrklʾ
      tʾnk ʾʾryx qyzlʾr sʾryx
      ʾʾltwn yyp ʾnkyrʾr lʾr
      /Ol ḳapaġda sekiz körklä taŋ arïġ ḳïzlar, sarïġ
      altun yïp äŋirärlär.
      /
      By that gate, there were eight maidens with incredible glean, they spun wool made of yellow strands of gold.

Noun

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /sarïġ/)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) bile; choler, yellow bile
    Synonyms: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐾀 (ʾwyt /⁠öt⁠/), 𐽶𐽶𐽲𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽽𐽳𐽲 (yyqʾmʾcwq /⁠yïḳamačuḳ⁠/)
    • c. 13th century, Pharmacological Text I.23 (Mainz187.23, v03):[2]
      𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼‌𑀘𑀺𑀁‌ 𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼𑀁‌ 𑀘𑁄‌𑀕𑀺‌ 𑀘𑁄‌𑀫𑀸‌𑀖​‌𑀢𑀸‌ 𑀑𑀬𑁄‌𑀥𑁆𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼‌𑀭𑁆𑀬𑀼‌ 𑀲𑀸‌𑀭𑁆𑀕𑁆‌ 𑀢𑁆𑀬𑁂‌𑀭𑀺‌𑀮𑁆𑀬𑁆𑀭𑀼‌𑁈
      kyu‌ciṃ‌ kyuṃ‌ co‌gi‌ co‌mā‌gha​‌tā‌ oyo‌dhkyu‌ryu‌ sā‌rg‌ tye‌ri‌lyru‌
      / [] küčin, kün čoġï čomāḳtā ȫdkürü sārïġ terilür./
      [] with the power of [] ?, the choler accumulates [in the body] from the radiant beams of the setting sun.

Declension

Declension of 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq) 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾 (sʾryqlʾr)
genitive 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (sʾryqnynk) 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (sʾryqlʾrnynk)
dative 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽲𐽰 (sʾryqqʾ) 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (sʾryqlʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽶𐽲 (sʾryqyq), 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽺𐽶 (sʾryqny) 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryqlʾryq), 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (sʾryqlʾrny)
locative 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾀𐽰 (sʾryqtʾ) 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (sʾryqlʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾀𐽶𐽺 (sʾryqtyn) 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (sʾryqlʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽶𐽺 (sʾryqyn) 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (sʾryqlʾryn)
equative 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽽𐽰 (sʾryqcʾ)
directive 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (sʾryqqʾrw), 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽾𐽰 (sʾryqrʾ)
similative 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (sʾryqlʾyw)

Compound terms

  • 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽾𐽶 (sʾryq ʾʾryry /⁠sarïġ arire⁠/, yellow ironwood)
  • 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽷 (sʾryq ʾyk /⁠sarïġ ig⁠/, internal hemorrhage, literally bile-disease) (cf. Sanskrit पित्तास्र (pittāsra, hemorrhage), पित्त (pitta, bile))
  • 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽾𐽳𐽷 (sʾryq ʾrwk /⁠sarïġ ärük⁠/, mirabelle plum)
  • 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽰 (sʾryq mwnkʾ /⁠sarïġ muŋa⁠/, mung bean)

Derived terms

  • 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽲𐽶𐾁 (sʾryqqyl /⁠sarïġġïl⁠/, yellowish)

Descendants

  • Western Yugur: sarəɣ (sarïɣ, yellow)
    • Western Yugur: sarəɣ joɣur (sarïɣ yoɣur, Western Yugur) (endonym)

See also

Colors in Old Uyghur · 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽲 (pwdwq /⁠boduġ⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾwynk /⁠öŋ⁠/) (layout · text)
     𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾq /⁠aḳ⁠/), 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 (ywrwnk /⁠yürüŋ⁠/)      𐽼𐽳𐽴 (pwz /⁠boz⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/)      𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽰 (qʾrʾ /⁠ḳara⁠/)
             𐽰𐽰𐾁 (ʾʾl /⁠al⁠/), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽶𐾁 (qyzyl /⁠ḳïzïl⁠/)              𐽰𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾr /⁠ar⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yʾqyz /⁠yaġïz⁠/)              𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
                          𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yʾšyl /⁠yašïl⁠/)             
             𐽽𐽰𐽽 (cʾc /⁠čač⁠/)              𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/)              𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽿 (kwykwš /⁠köküš⁠/), 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rzʾβrt /⁠razavart⁠/)
             𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yypkyn /⁠yipgin⁠/)                           𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qyzqʾn /⁠ḳïzġan⁠/), 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sʾzqʾn /⁠sazġan⁠/)

References

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “sarıġ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 197von Gabain, Annemarie (1954) Türkische Turfan Texte VIII: Texte im Brāhmīschrift (in German), page 59
  • Hamilton, James (2020) “sarıġ”, in Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 213
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) sarıg ~ sar(ı)g ~ s(a)r(ı)g”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 586