𐰖𐱁𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāĺïl (“green”), equivalent to 𐰖𐰀𐰽 (yāš) +‎ 𐰞 (-ïl). Cognate with Chuvash ҫулҫӑ (śulś̬ă, “leaf”), Khalaj yâşıl (“green”), Azerbaijani yaşıl (“green”), Turkish yeşil (“green”), Uzbek yashil (“green”), Bashkir йәшел (yəşel, “green”), Yakut саһыл (sahıl, “fox”).

Adjective

𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl)

  1. green
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 51
      𐰖𐰽𐰞:𐰴𐰖𐰀:𐰖𐰖𐰞𐰍𐰢:𐰴𐰃𐰔𐰃𐰞:𐰴𐰖𐰀:𐰴𐰃𐰽𐰞𐰍𐰢:𐰆𐰞
      yašïl:qaya:yaylaɣïm:qïzïl:qaya:qïšlaɣïm:ol
      My summer quarters is a green rock and my winter quarters is a red rock.

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • 𐰖𐱁𐰞:𐰇𐰏𐰔 (Yašïl Ögüz, “Yellow River”)

See also
Colors in Old Turkic · 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰍 (boduɣ) (layout · text)
     𐰀𐰴 (āq), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ)      𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)      𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)
             𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (qïzïl), 𐰞 (al)              𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (yaɣïz), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)              𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ)
                          𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl)             
                          𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)             
                                      

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)ş(ı)l”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaşıl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 978
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāĺ-ɨl”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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