ᠪᠣᠰᠣ
Manchu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mongolian бөс (bös), from Middle Mongol ᠪᠥᠰ (bös), from a Turkic language.[1] The ultimate origin is Arabic بَزّ (bazz). Compare also other cognates in Tungusic, such as Jurchen 博素 (paw-su /bosu/), 卜素 (pu-su /busu/), Nanai босо, büsü, Negidal [script needed] (bosụ), Orok бусу (busu) and Ulch büsü.[2]
Descendants
- → Nivkh: пос (pos, “tissue, cotton”)
Antonyms
- (north slope of a mountain): ᠠᠨᡨᡠ᠋ (antu, “south slope (yang side) of a mountain”)
References
- Vovin, Alexander (2018), “Fabrication of Turkic böz 'fabric' in Japan and Korea”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 71, issue 3, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, pages 263–284.
- Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume I, Leningrad: Nauka, page 78.
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