# 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲
## Old Uyghur
### Alternative forms

* 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽲 (sʾrq /⁠sar(ï)ġ⁠/)
* 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (s¹r¹ǧ /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
* ܣܐܪܘܥ (sʾryʿ /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
* سارغ (sʾrʿ /⁠sarïġ⁠/)
* 𑀲𑀸‌𑀭𑁆‌𑀕 (sā‌r‌ga​ /⁠sārəġ⁠/) (Noun sense only)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sarïg (“yellow”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *siaŕ(ï)- (“white”). Doublet of 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sʾzqʾn /⁠sazġan⁠/).
Cognate with Karakhanid سَرِغْ (sarïɣ) and Old Turkic 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (s¹r¹ǧ /⁠sarïg⁠/).

### Adjective

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /sarïġ/)
* yellow
    Synonym: 𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽴 (krʾz /⁠ḳaraža⁠/)
** c. 10th century, unknown, The Tale of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara, XLII.8-XLIII.2:[…] 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽸𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽴 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐾁𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽼 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾 […][…] ʾwl qʾpʾqdʾ sʾkyz kwyrklʾ tʾnk ʾʾryx qyzlʾr sʾryx ʾʾltwn yyp ʾnkyrʾr lʾr […]/ […] Ol ḳapaġda sekiz körkle taŋ arïġ ḳïzlar, sarïġ altun yïp eŋirerler. […] /By that gate, there were eight maidens with incredible glean, they spun wool made of yellow strands of gold.

### Noun

𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sʾryq /sarïġ/)
* (anatomy, medicine) bile; choler, yellow bile
    Synonyms: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐾀 (ʾwyt /⁠öt⁠/), 𐽶𐽶𐽲𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽽𐽳𐽲 (yyqʾmʾcwq /⁠yïḳamačuḳ⁠/)
** c. 10th-11th centuries, unknown, Pharmacological Text [T II S 49], I.23‎:𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼‌ 𑀘𑀺 𑀫𑁆‌ 𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼 𑀫𑁆‌ 𑀘𑁄‌ 𑀕𑀺‌ 𑀘𑁄‌ 𑀫𑀸‌ 𑀖 ​‌𑀢𑀸‌ 𑀑 𑀬𑁄‌ 𑀥𑁆𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼‌ 𑀭𑁆𑀬𑀼‌ 𑀲𑀸‌ 𑀭𑁆‌ 𑀕 𑀢𑁆𑀬𑁂‌ 𑀭𑀺‌ 𑀮𑁆𑀬𑀼‌ 𑀭𑁆‌ 𑁈kyu‌ ci m‌ kyu m‌ co‌ gi‌ co‌ mā‌ gha ​‌tā‌ o yo‌ dhkyu‌ ryu‌ sā‌ r‌ ga tye‌ ri‌ lyu‌ r‌ ./ […] küciṃ, küṃ čoġï čomāḳtā ȫdhkürü sārəġ térilür./ […] through the power of […] , the choler accumulates from the radiant beams of setting sun.

#### Compound terms

* 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽾𐽶 (sʾryq ʾʾryry /⁠sarïġ ariré⁠/, “yellow ironwood”)
* 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽷 (sʾryq ʾyk /⁠sarïġ ig⁠/, “internal hemorrhage”, literally “bile-disease”) (Sanskrit पित्तास्र (pittāsra, “hemorrhage”), पित्त (pitta, “bile”))
* 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽾𐽳𐽷 (sʾryq ʾrwk /⁠sarïġ erük⁠/, “mirabelle plum”)
* 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽰 (sʾryq mwnkʾ /⁠sarïġ muŋa⁠/, “mung bean”)

#### Derived terms

* 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽲𐽶𐾁 (sʾryqqyl /⁠sarïġġïl⁠/, “yellowish”)

#### Descendants

* Western Yugur: sarəɣ (sarïɣ, “yellow”)
** ⇒ Western Yugur: sarəɣ joɣur (sarïɣ yoɣur, “Western Yugur”) (endonym)

### 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) “sarıġ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 197
* von Gabain, Annemarie (1954) Texte im Brāhmīschrift (Türkische Turfan Texte; VIII) (in German), Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 59
* Hamilton, James (2020) “sarıġ”, in 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, pages 213, 299-300
* Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) sarıg ~ sar(ı)g ~ s(a)r(ı)g”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 586