# 𐽼𐽳𐽴
## Old Uyghur
### Alternative forms

* 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽴 (pwyz /⁠böz⁠/) (Etymology 1), 𐽹𐽳𐽴 (mwz /⁠muz⁠/) (Etymology 2)
* 𐫛𐫇𐫉 (pwz /⁠böz⁠/) (Etymology 1)

### Etymology 1

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 (pwz /böz/)
* cloth
    Synonyms: 𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽳 (tʾncw /⁠tanču⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 (yʾqlyq /⁠yaġlïḳ⁠/)
    𐾀𐽳𐽳 𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽶𐽳𐽹𐽻𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽹𐽰𐽷tüülüg, yumšaḳ böza downy, soft fabric
* (sewing) flaxen cloth
    Synonyms: 𐽲𐽳𐽹𐽰 (qwmʾ /⁠ḫuma⁠/), 𐽷𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽺 (kʾtʾn /⁠keten⁠/), 𐽲𐽳𐽿𐽳𐽹𐽳𐽲 (qwšwmwq /⁠ḳošomoḳ⁠/)
* (sewing, clothing) cotton clothing
    Synonyms: 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽷 (cʾkrʾk /⁠čekrek⁠/), 𐽷𐽼𐽰𐽻 (kpʾs /⁠kepez⁠/), 𐽹𐽶𐽺 (myn /⁠mén⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽼𐽰𐽲 (ʾwlpʾq /⁠olpaḳ⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽲𐽳𐾀 (yʾpqwt /⁠yapġut⁠/)
* (knitting, rare) weave, braid

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Derived from Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽹𐽰𐽲 (pwdmʾq /⁠pudmaḳ⁠/, “to freeze over”), from Proto-Turkic *būŕ (“ice”).

#### Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽴 (pwz /buz/)
* ice, frozen water
    Synonyms: 𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽷 (twnk /⁠toŋ⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽹 (twm /⁠tum⁠/)

##### Compound terms

* 𐽶𐽳𐽲𐽰 𐽼𐽳𐽴 (ywqʾ pwz /⁠yuḳa buz⁠/, “thin ice”)

##### Descendants

* Western Yugur: pəs (pïz)

### Etymology 3

Unknown. Either;
* An anthimeric (zero derivation) form of Proto-Turkic *buz- (“to spoil”).
* Borrowed from Classical Persian بغض (buğz, “hate”), which in turn is from Arabic بَغَضَ (baḡaḍa, “to hate, detest, loathe”).

#### Noun

𐽼𐽳𐽴 (pwz /boz/)
* hatred, disgust, grudge
    Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾq /⁠aḳ⁠/), 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾyrmʾk /⁠érmek⁠/), 𐽲𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽲 (qʾqyq /⁠ḳaḳïġ⁠/), 𐽷𐽰𐽷 (kʾk /⁠kek⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽 (ʾwyc /⁠öč⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽱𐽷𐽰 (ʾwyβkʾ /⁠övke⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴 (ʾwyz /⁠üz⁠/)

##### Derived terms

* 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽳𐽲 (bozluġ, “spiteful”)

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *boŕ.

#### Adjective

𐽼𐽳𐽴 (pwz /boz/)
* gray, brownish gray
    Synonyms: 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽲 (pwzʾq /⁠bozaḳ⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kök⁠/), 𐱃𐰍 (t¹ǧ /⁠tïġ⁠/)

##### Derived terms

* 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽲 (pwzʾq /⁠bozaḳ⁠/, “ashen color”)
* 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽳 (pwzʾrqw /⁠bozarġu⁠/, “brown”)

### 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) “boz”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 49
* 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
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* Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) boz”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 190
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