𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 褐子 (ɦat̚ t͡sɨX). Compare Sogdian 𐼘𐼈𐼄𐼊 (rzɣy), borrowed also from Chinese.

Noun

𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻 (qars)

1. (sewing) woolen fabric, cloth used for sewing sacks

   Synonym: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰 (uyma)

2. a kind of rough fabric reminiscent of a felt

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kars”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 663
• Hamilton, James (2020) 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
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “kars”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 339