Chagatai language
Károly Czeglédy and Lajos Ligeti deciphered the Bulaqs name from the Chinese sources in which were mentioned as "Mou-luo" 謀落 or "Moula" 謀剌. Omeljan Pritsak also derived "Mou-la" &lt; *"bu-lak", but without any reference to previous scholar's work. As already Gyula Németh noted, the "mi̯əu-lôk" or "miə̯u-lâk" ~ "bulaq" is etymologically related to the colour of horses which was a usual tribal designation on the steppe. It could mean "white-piebald" horse in some Turkic and Mongolian languages, "white-legged" horse in Chagatai language, or "broad-backed" horse.