𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀

Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• 𐽰𐽾𐽰𐽿𐽳𐽸 (ʾrʾšwd /⁠arašud⁠/), 𐽾𐽿𐽶𐽾𐽱𐽰𐽸 (ršyrβʾd /⁠ašïravad⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽿𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽱𐽰𐽾𐾀 (rʾšyrʾβʾrt /⁠raširavart⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rʾzʾβrt /⁠razav(a)rt⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐾅𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (/⁠ražav(a)rt⁠/), 𐽾𐽴𐾅𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (/⁠r(a)žav(a)rt⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐽰𐽳𐽾𐾀 (rʾzʾwrt /⁠razaw(a)rt, razaurt⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐾅𐽱𐽶𐾀 (/⁠ražvit⁠/), 𐽾𐽿𐽶𐽾𐽱𐽰𐾀 (ršyrβʾt /⁠rširvat⁠/)
• 𐫡𐫋𐫀𐫁𐫡𐫎 (rjʾbrt /⁠rajavart⁠/)

Etymology

From Sanskrit राजावर्त (rājāvarta), via Tocharian A rājavart and Tocharian B rājawat. Ultimately from Classical Persian لاجورد (lâjavard).

Cognate with Sogdian 𐽀𐼰𐼿𐼱𐽀𐽂 (rʾcβrt /⁠rājβart⁠⁠/), Turkish lacivert.

Noun

𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rzʾβrt /razavart, ražavïrt, arzavïrt/)

1. (mineralogy) lapis lazuli, lazurite

   Synonym: 𐽱𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽳𐽾𐽶 (βʾydwry /⁠vayduri⁠/)

   • 11th century, Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā‎^[1], Mz796.b16 - Mz796.b25:

     𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽶𐽻𐾀𐽱 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽶𐽳𐽾 𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽺 𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽱𐽰𐾀𐽶
     𐽰𐽰𐾀𐾁𐽲 𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽴 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶𐾇𐽷𐽳𐽶[...]𐽶 𐽹𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽴𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 𐾀𐽶𐾁
     𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽷 [𐾇 𐽷]𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽶 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽼 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽴
     𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽿𐽶 𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽼𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 𐽾𐽴𐾅𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽷𐽶𐽺𐽷
     𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽴 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽶 𐽲𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽿𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽿 𐾀𐽷 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽶
     𐽶𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽳 𐾀𐽶𐽴𐽹𐽶𐽿 𐾀𐽷 𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽶𐽲 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷
     𐾀𐽶𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶 𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽳𐽺 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐽻𐾀𐽳𐽺
     𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐾇𐽲𐽾𐽹𐽳𐽴𐾀𐽰 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷
     𐽱𐽽𐽾𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽷 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽷𐽰 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽶 𐽷𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽴 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽴
     𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽾𐽰𐽲 𐽶𐽰𐽾𐽰𐽿𐽶𐽼 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽾
     […] 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶

     /[Šakémuni Burḫan,] Bodisatav yolïnta yorïyur erken Paṭmatavi
     atlïġ ḳïz erdi. Kö[rki] meŋizi Ay Teŋri til-
     geninte sevigligrek, közi ḳapaḳï tüp tüz
     ḳašï kirpiki kök aržavïrt öŋlüg, kéŋ
     yétiz alïnï ḳovušamïš teg, körtle burunï,
     yürüŋ yinčü tizmiš teg taŋlančïġ yürüŋ
     tišleri, yipün lénḫua öŋi teg üstün
     altïn érinleri, Hormuzta Teŋriniŋ
     Vačri teg yinčke béli, kéŋ yétiz kögüz-
     inte éki emigi artokrak yarašïp turur [erdi.] […] /

     When, once upon a time Buddha Sakyamuni walked on the Bodhisattva way, there was a girl named Padmāvatī. Her beauty was more lovely than the visage^? of the Moon God, her eyelids were quite even, her eyebrows and eyelashes were lazuli-blue, her broad and high forehead was as if smoothed over, her nose was beautiful, her wonderful and marvelous white teeth were like white pearls on a row, her upper and lower lips were the color of a pink lotus flower, her slender hips were like the thunderbolts of the god Hormuzta, her two nipples on her high-breasts were very well-shaped.

Declension

Declension of 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀

	singular	definite plural
nominative	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rzʾβrt)	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾 (rzʾβrtlʾr)
genitive	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (rzʾβrtnynk)	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (rzʾβrtlʾrnynk)
dative	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐽷𐽰 (rzʾβrtkʾ)	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (rzʾβrtlʾrkʾ)
accusative	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽲 (rzʾβrtyq) 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐽺𐽶 (rzʾβrtny)	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (rzʾβrtlʾryq) 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (rzʾβrtlʾrny)
locative	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾀𐽰 (rzʾβrttʾ)	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (rzʾβrtlʾrtʾ)
ablative	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾀𐽶𐽺 (rzʾβrttyn)	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (rzʾβrtlʾrtyn)
instrumental	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (rzʾβrtyn)	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (rzʾβrtlʾryn)
equative	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐽽𐽰 (rzʾβrtčʾ)
directive	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (rzʾβrtkʾrw)
similative	𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (rzʾβrtlʾyw)

Compound terms

• 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽲 (rzʾβrt ʾwnklwq /⁠razavart öŋlüg⁠/, “indigo, navy blue”)

Derived terms

• 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽶𐽲 (rzʾβrtlyq /⁠razavartlïg⁠/, “lazurite stone”)

Descendants

• → Mongolic: *ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠸᠠᠷᠲ (/⁠rašiwart⁠/) (later mistaken as *ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠸᠠᠷᠤᠨ (/⁠rašiwar-un⁠/))
  • Middle Mongol: ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠸᠠᠷ (rasiwar, “lapis lazuli”), ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠷ (rasiyar)

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) “razurt”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 191
• Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “RAŽAVRT”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 477
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ražav(a)rt ~ r(a)žav(a)rt”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 569