𐽰𐽰𐽾

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōr (“piebald, brown”). Cognate with Karakhanid اُور (or, “chestnut, bay (said of color of a horsecoat”), Yakut ор (or, “blackish brown”), Kazakh ор (or, “brown”) and Bashkir ур-ғуян (ur-ğuyan, “Russet hare”).

Adjective

𐽰𐽰𐽾 (ar)

1. brown, piebald

   Synonyms: 𐽵𐾄𐽳𐾁𐽰 (kula), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yagïz)

Derived terms

• 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽺 (arsïlan, “lion”)
• 𐽰𐽰𐽾 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽶 (ar böri, “hyena, dhole”)

See also

Colors in Old Uyghur · 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (öŋ) (layout · text)

𐽰𐽰𐽵𐾄 (ak), 𐽽𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽺 (čagan), 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 (yürüŋ)	𐽼𐽳𐽴 (boz)	𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽾𐽰 (kara)
𐽰𐽰𐾁 (al), 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽹 (ïŋïrdïm), 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽴𐽶𐾁 (kïzïl)	𐽰𐽰𐽾 (ar), 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽳𐽾𐽲𐾄𐽰 (bozurga), 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾁𐽰 (kula), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yagïz)	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 (sarïg), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yašïl)
	𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yašïl)
	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (čakïr), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök)
	𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yipgin, yépgin)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 192
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) ar”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 56