𐽼𐽳𐽴

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *būṣ-. Cognate with Arabic بَزّ (bazz, “garment”), Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā, “byssus”), Classical Syriac ܒܘܨܐ (būṣā, “flax”), Chuvash пӳс (püs), Karakhanid بوُزْ (bȫz) and Turkish bez.

Compare also Mongolian бөс (bös), Jurchen 卜素 (/⁠*pu-su⁠/) and Manchu ᠪᠣᠰᠣ (boso), Turkic borrowings.

Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽴 or 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽴 (büz /pwz/ or böz /pwyz/)

1. cloth

   Synonyms: 𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽳 (tanču), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲𐾄 (yaglïk)

   𐾀𐽳𐽳 𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽶𐽳𐽹𐽻𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽹𐽰𐽷

   tüülüg, yumšak böz tokmak

   to weave a downy, soft fabric

2. (sewing) flaxen cloth

   Synonyms: 𐽵𐽳𐽹𐽰 (huma), 𐽷𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽺 (keten), 𐽷𐽳𐽿𐽳𐽹𐽳𐽷 (košomok)

3. (sewing, clothing) cotton clothing

   Synonyms: 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽷 (čäkräk), 𐽷𐽼𐽰𐽻 (kepez), 𐽹𐽶𐽺 (mén), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽼𐽰𐽲𐾄 (olpak), 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽲𐽳𐾀 (yapgut)

4. (knitting, rare) weave, braid

Alternate forms

• 𐫛𐫇𐫉 (böz /⁠pwz⁠/)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “böz”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 50
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bö:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 389
• Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) böz”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 193