qʾrs

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 褐子 (MC hat tsiX).

Noun

qʾrs (qars)

1. fabric
   • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, II.4:

     ʾmʾry tynlxʾr cxry ʾnkyrʾr ywnk ʾnkyrʾr kyntyr ʾnkyrʾr pwz prtʾtp qʾrs twqywr

     amarï tïnlïɣlar čïɣrï eŋirer yuŋ eŋirer kentir eŋirer böz bertetip qars toqïyur

     Some people spin mill-wheels, spin wool, spin hemp; knitting cloth and weaving fabric.

References

• Hamilton, James (2020) 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
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kars”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 663