بوى

See also: بوی

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Found in fragmentary Manichaean manuscripts, originally written in Arabic script, not found in modern dictionnaries. Etymology unknown.

  • Perhaps a corrupted form of Proto-Turkic *bodug (“color”), in which case, from Proto-Turkic *bodu- (“to paint”). However, this would yield *بود (bod) in this stage of Old Uyghur instead.
  • Or inherited from Proto-Turkic *bod (“color”) (similar to *bod (“stature”)), perhaps the origin of *bodu- (“to paint”), otherwise unattested or lost in any other Turkic language.[1][2]

Noun

بوى (bwy /boy/)[3]

  1. (hapax legomenon) paint, color
    Synonyms: 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽲 (pwdwq /⁠boduġ⁠/), 𐽽𐽶𐽱𐽶𐾀 (cyβyt /⁠čivit⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾwynk /⁠öŋ⁠/), 𐽻𐽶𐽾 (syr /⁠sïr⁠/), 𐾀𐽶𐽺 (tyn /⁠tén⁠/)

Derived terms

  • 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽲 (pwdwq /⁠boduġ⁠/, “paint, color”)
  • 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽲 (pwdwmʾq /⁠bodumaḳ⁠/, “to paint”)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “*bo:d”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 297
  2. ^ “II БОЙА/BOJA”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow, 1974–, page 179
  3. ^ von Le Coq, Albert (1919), Türkische Manichaica, aus Chotscho, volume 2, G. Reimer, page 11, 18.
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “boy”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 49

Pashto

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian բոյր (boyr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buj/

Noun

بوى • (buy) m

  1. smell
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