𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yapurgak. Cognate with Yakut сэбирдэх (sebirdeq), Turkish yaprak.

Noun

𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲 or 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲𐾄 or 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲𐾄 or 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽲𐾄 (yapïrgak /yʾpyrqʾq/ or yapïrgaḳ /yʾpyrqʾq̈/ or yaprgaḳ /yʾprqʾq̈/ or yapïrḳaḳ /yʾpyrq̈ʾq̈/)

1. (botany) leaf

   Synonyms: 𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲 (yalpïrgak), 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽾𐽰 (padira), 𐽶𐽰𐽼 (yap), 𐽶𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽲𐽳 (yavïšgu)

   • c. 11th century, Biography of Xuanzang, book 8‎^[1], HTVIII: 2031 (3) - HTVIII: 2032 (4):

     𐽶𐽰𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽶𐽿 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁
     𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽳𐽽𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽾 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽳𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 𐾈 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽰𐽾

     Yaḍïlmïš yapïrgaḳlarïg yiél-
     -ler učurur üzüksüz, [u]č[a]r […]

     Wind[s] make the scattered leaves
     fly around non-stop, doth fly […]

2. page, leaflet

   Synonyms: 𐽷𐽲𐽸𐽰 (kegde), 𐽷𐽶𐽼 (kep), 𐽼𐾀𐽾 (patr)

   𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶

   Yapïrgak altï:

   Leaflet six:

3. (religion) ribbon, belt worn over a robe

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “yapırġaḳ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 285
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “yapırgak ~ yap(ı)rgak”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 865