𐽼𐽳𐽾

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 佛 (bɨut̚, “Buddha”), itself a loanword from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awake, enlightened”).

Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽾 (bur)

1. (religion, Buddhism) Buddha

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽰 (buda), 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺 (burhan), 𐽼𐽳𐾀 (but), [script needed] (fir)

Derived terms

• 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺 (burhan, “Buddha”) (more common)
• 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽺 (burhagan, “Buddha”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Persian bwr (bōr, “wine, reddish brown”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰruHrás (“red”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown”).

Compare Sogdian ܒܘܪ (bor, “brown, red”), Hungarian bor (“wine”).

Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽾 (bor)

1. (alcoholic beverages) wine

   Synonym: 𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽳𐽲 (süčüg)

   𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 𐽼𐽰𐽷𐽺𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽱𐽹𐽰𐽷

   borug-begnig ičmek

   to drink alcohol

Derived terms

• 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽽𐽶 (borčï, “wineseller”)
• 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽾𐽲 (borluk, “wineyard”)

Etymology 3

Unknown. Perhaps from Sanskrit भस्म (bhasma, “ash”), alluding to Bhasmāsura, via intermediaries.

Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽾 (bor)

1. (uncertain, rare) (religion?, Buddhism?) dust, ash

   𐽼𐽳𐽾 𐽶𐽶𐽷𐽶

   bor yéki

   Dust-demon, Bhasmāsura (?)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “bor”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 47
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) bor”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 188, 189
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2) bor”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 189
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “bur”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 200