𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲

Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽲 (sʾrq /⁠sar(ï)g⁠/), 𐽻𐽾𐽲 (srq /⁠s(a)r(ï)g⁠/)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sarïg (“yellow”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *siaŕ(ï)- (“white”). Doublet of 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sʾzqʾn).

Cognate with Chuvash шур (šur) and шурӑ (šură, “white”), Hungarian sárga, Bulgarian шарен (šaren, “variegated”), Mongolian ᠰᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ (sir-a), Khalaj ساروُغ (sâruğ, “yellow, orange”), Karakhanid سرغ (sarïɣ), Old Turkic 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïg), Yakut араҕас (arağas), Yakut арыы (arıı, “butter”) and Turkish sarı.

Noun

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /sarïg/)

1. (anatomy) bile

   𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽶𐽰𐽵

   Sarïg yag.

   Bilious fat, a yellowish viscous secretion.

2. (medicine) choler, yellow bile

Declension

Declension of 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲

	singular	definite plural
nominative	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq)	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾 (sʾryqlʾr)
genitive	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (sʾryqnynk)	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (sʾryqlʾrnynk)
dative	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽷𐽰 (sʾryqkʾ)	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (sʾryqlʾrkʾ)
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 (sʾryqčʾ)
directive	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (sʾryqkʾrw)
similative	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (sʾryqlʾyw)

Derived terms

• 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽰𐽶𐽵 (sarïg ig, “Internal hemorrhage (lit. 'disease caused by bile'. Calque of Sanskrit पित्तास्र (pittāsra, “hemorrhage”), from पित्त (pitta, “bile”))^[1]”)

Adjective

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /sarïg/)

1. yellow
   • c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, XLII.8-XLIII.2:

     𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽸𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽴 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐾁𐽰 […]
     𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵
     […] 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽼 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾

     Ol qapaǧda sekiz körkle taŋ arïǧ qïzlar sarïǧ altun yïp eŋirerler.

     By that gate, there were eight beautiful maidens with surprising glean, spinning wool [made of] yellow gold.

Compound terms

• 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽾𐽶 (sarïg arire, “yellow myrobalan, yellow ironwood (Calque of Arabic إهليلج أصفر (“lit. 'yellow myrobalan'”)”)
• 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽰𐽾𐽳𐽷 (sarïg erük, “apricot, mirabelle plum”)
• 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽰 (sarïg muŋa, “mung bean”)

Derived terms

• 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽲𐽶𐾁 (sarïggïl, “yellowish”)

Etymology 2

Misspelling. Compare the similarity between 𐽾 (r) and 𐽷 (k).

Noun

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sakïg)

1. Misspelling of 𐽻𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽲 (sakïg /⁠sʾkyq⁠/, “mirage, illusion; suspicion”).

See also

Colors in Old Uyghur · 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽲 (bodug), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (öŋ) (layout · text)

𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ak), 𐽽𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽺 (čagan), 𐽲𐽶𐽿𐽲𐽰 (kïšga), 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 (yürüŋ)	𐽼𐽳𐽴 (boz), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök)	𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽰 (kara)
𐽰𐽰𐾁 (al), 𐽽𐽳𐽴𐽰 (čuza), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽶𐾁 (kïzgïl), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽶𐾁 (kïzïl)	𐽰𐽰𐾁 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (al sarïg), 𐽰𐽰𐽾 (ar), 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽳 (bozïrgu), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yagïz)	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sarïg), 𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽴𐽰𐽷𐽲 (karaža)
	𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök), 𐽶𐽰𐽿 (yaš), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yašïl), 𐽴𐽾𐽲𐽳𐽺𐽽 (zargunč)
𐽽𐽰𐽽 (čač)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (čakïr), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök)	𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽿 (köküš), 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (razavart)
𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (razavart), 𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yipgin)	𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yipgin), 𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽳𐽺 (yipün)	𐽽𐽶𐽱𐽻𐽶𐽲 (čivsig), 𐽽𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽲 (čögsig), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (kïzgan), 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sazgan)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “sarıġ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 197
• 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 Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 586