𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽵𐾄

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yapurgak. Cognate with Yakut сэбирдэх (sebirdeq), Turkish yaprak.

Noun

𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽵𐾄 or 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲𐾄 or 𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽲𐾄 (yapïrgak /yʾpyrqʾq̈/ or yaprgak /yʾprqʾq̈/ or yapïrkak /yʾpyrq̈ʾq̈/)

1. (botany) leaf

   Synonyms: 𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲𐾄 (yalpïrgak), 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽾𐽰 (padira), 𐽶𐽰𐽼 (yap), 𐽶𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽲𐽳 (yavïšgu)

   • Late 10th century, Xuanzang Biography, Book III‎^[1]:

     𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽵𐾄𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶***

     Yapïrgakï yürüŋ ertiŋü...

     Its leaves are bright...

2. page, leaflet

   Synonyms: 𐽷𐽲𐽸𐽰 (kegde), 𐽷𐽶𐽼 (kep), 𐽼𐾀𐽾 (patr)

   𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶

   Yapïrgak altï:

   Leaflet six:

3. (religion) ribbon, belt worn over a robe

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “yapırġaḳ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 285
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “yapırgak ~ yap(ı)rgak”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 865