𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵

Old Uyghur

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

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 or 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽲 (sarïg /sʾryq/ or sar(ï)g /sʾrq/)

1. (anatomy) bile

   𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽶𐽰𐽵

   Sarïg yag.

   Bilious fat, a yellowish viscous secretion.

2. (medicine) choler, yellow bile

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

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 or 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽲 or 𐽻𐽾𐽲 (sarïg /sʾryq/ or sar(ï)g /sʾrq/ or s(a)r(ï)g /srq/)

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.

Derived 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”)
• 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽲𐽶𐾁 (sarïggïl, “yellowish”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 (sakïg)

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

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), 𐽵𐾄𐽳𐾁𐽰 (kula), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yagïz)	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 (sarïg), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yašïl)
	𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yašïl)
	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (čakïr), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök)
	𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yipgin, yépgin)

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