Friday, May 22, 2009

light blue

goluner : light blue

The Tarijan word for the color light blue is goluner.

Goluner is possibly a last name.

How I came up with this word:
Goluner is a mixture of the transliterated word for light blue in Russian which is goluboi or galuboy (голубой), and the transliterated word for light blue in Mongolian which is tsenkher or cengker or tsenher (цэнхэр).

Thursday, May 7, 2009

dark blue

khini : dark blue

The Tarijan word for the color dark blue is khini.

Khini is an unusual last name.

In other languages:
In Quechua khini translates to floury, mealy.

International locations:
Khini is the name of a city in Russia, in the Republic of Dagestan.

How I came up with this word:
Khini is a mixture of the transliterated word for blue in Mongolian which is khökh (хөх), and the transliterated word for dark blue in Russian which is sinii or sini (синий).