Saturday, October 27, 2007

green

zegoon : green

The Tarijan word for the color green is zegoon.

In other languages:
Zegoon possibly means something in Basque.

How I came up with this word:
Zegoon is a mixture of the transliterated word for green in Russian which is zelenyi or zilyonih (зеленый), and the transliterated word for green in Mongolian which is nogoon (ногоон).

Saturday, October 13, 2007

yellow

shali : yellow

The Tarijan word for the color yellow is shali.

International locations:
Shali is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia. The Egyptian ruins of Shali date back to the 13th century.

How I came up with this word:
Shali is a mixture of the transliterated word for yellow in Mongolian which is shar (шар), and the transliterated word for yellow in Russian which is zheltyi or zholtih (желтый).

Saturday, October 6, 2007

white

tsebal : white

The Tarijan word for the color white is tsebal.

Tsabel is a rare term which I could not find in another language or as an international location. May be a user name on Russian webpages.

How I came up with this word:
Tsebal is a mixture of the transliterated word for white in Mongolian which is tsagaan (цагаан), and the transliterated word for white in Russian which is belyi or byelih (белый).

Friday, October 5, 2007

red

uskaan : red

The Tarijan word for the color red is uskaan.

Uskaan Tekstil Ltd. is a Turkish textile company.

How I came up with this word:
Uskaan is a mixture of the transliterated word for red in Mongolian which is ulaan (улаан), and the transliterated word for red in Russian which is krasnyi or krasnih (красный).