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Old Uyghur
Etymology
Found in fragmentary Manichaean manuscripts, originally written in Arabic script, not found in modern dictionnaries.
Etymology unknown.
Noun
بوى (boy)[3]
- (hapax, art) paint, color
- Synonyms: 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽲 (bodug), 𐽽𐽶𐽱𐽶𐾀 (čivit), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (öŋ), 𐽻𐽶𐽾 (sïr), 𐾀𐽶𐽺 (tén)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “*bo:d”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 297
- ^ “II БОЙА/BOJA”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow, 1974–, page 179
- ^ 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
Noun
بوى • (buy) m
- smell