𐽼𐽳𐽴

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *būṣ-. Cognate with Arabic بَزّ (bazz, “garment”), Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā, “byssus”), Classical Syriac ܒܘܨܐ (būṣā, “flax”), Chuvash пӳс (püs), Karakhanid بوُزْ (bȫz) and Turkish bez.

Compare also Mongolian бөс (bös), Jurchen 卜素 (/⁠*pu-su⁠/) and Manchu ᠪᠣᠰᠣ (boso), Turkic borrowings.

Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽴 or 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽴 (büz /pwz/ or böz /pwyz/)

1. cloth

   Synonyms: 𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽳 (tanču), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲𐾄 (yaglïk)

   𐾀𐽳𐽳 𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽶𐽳𐽹𐽻𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽹𐽰𐽷

   tüülüg, yumšak böz tokmak

   to weave a downy, soft fabric

2. (sewing) flaxen cloth

   Synonyms: 𐽵𐽳𐽹𐽰 (huma), 𐽷𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽺 (keten), 𐽷𐽳𐽿𐽳𐽹𐽳𐽷 (košomok)

3. (sewing, clothing) cotton clothing

   Synonyms: 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽷 (čäkräk), 𐽷𐽼𐽰𐽻 (kepez), 𐽹𐽶𐽺 (mén), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽼𐽰𐽲𐾄 (olpak), 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽲𐽳𐾀 (yapgut)

4. (knitting, rare) weave, braid

Alternate forms

• 𐫛𐫇𐫉 (böz /⁠pwz⁠/)

Etymology 2

Unknown. Either;

• An anthimeric (zero derivation) form of Proto-Turkic *buz- (“to spoil”). In that case; cognate with Chuvash пӑс (păs), Turkish bozmak, Bashkir боҙоу (boźow).
• Borrowed from Classical Persian بغض (buğz, “hate”), which in turn is from Arabic بَغَضَ (baḡaḍa, “to hate, detest, loathe”).

Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽴 (boz)

1. hatred, disgust, grudge

Derived terms

• 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽳𐽲 (bozlug, “spiteful”)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *boŕ. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz), Turkish boz, Yakut бороҥ (boroñ).

Adjective

𐽼𐽳𐽴 (boz)

1. gray, brownish gray
   • (Can we date this quote?), Exhortation poem to lay people to give alms; Buddhist Old Uyghur Manuscript (Berliner Texte XIII)‎^[1], BT13.15.06.06 (34):

     𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽶𐾀 𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽸𐽳𐾁𐽳 𐾈

     Boz bulïtïg örṭülü […]

     […] with overcast gray clouds covering [the sky].

Derived terms

• 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽵𐾄 (bozak, “ashen color”)
• 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽳 (bozargu, “brown”)

See also

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

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

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “boz”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 49
• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “böz”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 50
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bö:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 389
• 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) “(1) boz”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 190
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2) boz”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 190
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) böz”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 193