# 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀
## Old Uyghur
### Alternative forms

* 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽰𐽿𐽳𐽸 (ʾʾrʾšwd /⁠arašud⁠/), 𐽾𐽿𐽶𐽾𐽱𐽰𐽸 (ršyrβʾd /⁠arïšavad⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽿𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽱𐽰𐽾𐾀 (rʾšyrʾβʾrt /⁠raširavart⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rʾzʾβrt /⁠razav(a)rt⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐾅𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rʾz̤ʾβrt /⁠ražav(a)rt⁠/), 𐽾𐽴𐾅𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rz̤ʾβrt /⁠r(a)žav(a)rt⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐽰𐽳𐽾𐾀 (rʾzʾwrt /⁠razaw(a)rt, razaurt, razurt⁠/), 𐽾𐽰𐽴𐾅𐽱𐽶𐾀 (rʾz̤βyt /⁠ražvit⁠/), 𐽾𐽿𐽶𐽾𐽱𐽰𐾀 (ršyrβʾt /⁠rširvat⁠/)
* 𐫡𐫋𐫀𐫁𐫡𐫎 (rjʾbrṯ /⁠rajavart⁠/)

### Etymology

Derived 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/)
* (mineralogy) lapis lazuli, lazurite
    Synonym: 𐽱𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽳𐽾𐽶 (βʾydwry /⁠vayduri⁠/)
** c. 11th century, unknown, Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā, b.v16-b.v25‎: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 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽾pwdystβ ywlyntʾ ywryywr ʾrkʾn pʾtmʾβʾty ʾʾtlq q̈yz ʾrdykwy[...]y mʾnkyzy ʾʾy tnkry tyl kʾnyntʾ sʾβyklykrʾk [ k]wyzy q̈ʾpʾqy twyp twyz q̈ʾšy kyrpyky kwyk rz̤ʾβrt ʾwynklwq kynk yytyz ʾʾlyny qwβwšʾmyš tk kwyrtlʾ pwrwny ywyrwnk yyncw tyzmyš tk tʾnklʾncyq ywrwnk tyšlʾry yypwn lynqwʾ ʾwynky tʾk ʾwstwn ʾʾltyn ʾyrynlʾryqrmwztʾ tnkrynynk βcry tʾk yynckʾ pyly kynk yytyz kwykwz yntʾ ʾyky ʾmyky ʾʾrtwqrʾq yʾrʾšyp twrwr/Bodisatv 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, Ḫormuzta Teŋriniŋ Vačri teg yinčke béli, kéŋ yétiz kögüz- inte éki emigi artoḳraḳ yarašïp turur [erdi.] […] /When, once upon a time, while Buddha Sakyamuni was walking on the way of the Boddhisattvas, [he came across] a girl named Padmāvatī. Her features were more lovely than the halo rings of the Moon God, her eyelids were perfectly even, her eyebrows and eyelashes were lazuli-blue, her broad and high forehead was as if [someone] smoothed over [it], beautiful was her nose, her wonderful and marvelous white teeth were like white pearls on a row, her upper and lower lips resembled the color of a pink lotus flower, her slim hips were like the thunderbolts of the god Hormuzta, [and] two well-shaped nipples [were situated] on her high breasts.

#### Compound terms

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

#### Derived terms

* 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀𐾁𐽶𐽲 (rzʾβrtlyq /⁠razavartlïġ⁠/, “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 (pwdwq /⁠boduġ⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾwynk /⁠öŋ⁠/) (layout · text) :
| 𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾq /⁠aḳ⁠/), 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 (ywrwnk /⁠yürüŋ⁠/) | 𐽼𐽳𐽴 (pwz /⁠boz⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/) | 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽰 (qʾrʾ /⁠ḳara⁠/) |
| 𐽰𐽰𐾁 (ʾʾl /⁠al⁠/), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽶𐾁 (qyzyl /⁠ḳïzïl⁠/) | 𐽰𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾr /⁠ar⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yʾqyz /⁠yaġïz⁠/) | 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /⁠sarïġ⁠/), 𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽴 (krʾz /⁠ḳaraža⁠/) |
| | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽿 (yʾš /⁠yaš⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yʾšyl /⁠yašïl⁠/) | |
| 𐽽𐽰𐽽 (cʾc /⁠čač⁠/) | 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (cʾkyr /⁠čaḳïr⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/) | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽿 (kwykwš /⁠köküš⁠/), 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (rzʾβrt /⁠razavart⁠/) |
| 𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yypkyn /⁠yipgin⁠/) | | 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qyzqʾn /⁠ḳïzġan⁠/), 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sʾzqʾn /⁠sazġan⁠/) |

### References

* Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “razurt”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 191
* Kasai, Yukiyo, Yakup, Abdurishid, & Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2013). Die Erforschung des Tocharischen und die alttürkische Maitrisimit. page 174
* 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 Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 569