{"id":2227,"date":"2019-01-31T18:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/?page_id=2227"},"modified":"2019-01-31T20:20:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T01:20:52","slug":"ottoman-turkish-words-for-pink-and-orange","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/fabrics-and-colors\/making-the-case-for-pink-and-orange\/ottoman-turkish-words-for-pink-and-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottoman Turkish Words for Pink and Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Late 16th Century Color Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These words appeared in Istanbul-area estate records from the late 16th and early 17th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Judas flower. Image credit: Bouba<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Erguv\u00e2n\u00ee<\/strong> or erguvan, literally \u201cJudas-flower.\u201d Suraiya Faroqhi describes the color as \u201ca blue-tinged red\u201d [link<\/a>]; I would call it hot pink, fuchsia, or magenta. In modern Turkish, the word refers to a range of pinkish lilac colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G\u00fclg\u00fbn\u00ee<\/strong>, vermilion (literally \u201crose-colored\u201d). Eight of the eleven rose-colored garments in the estate records belonged to \u0130smihan Hatun bt. \u0130lyas, whose record was so profoundly Persianate that even her shifts were referred to as pirihan, not gomlek. The only red-related word in her estate record was g\u00fclg\u00fbn\u00ee, so in her case, at least, g\u00fclg\u00fbn\u00ee simply meant red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e2renci<\/strong>, orange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turuncu<\/strong>, orange. From Persian toranj<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potential Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Late 16th Century Color Words These words appeared in Istanbul-area estate records from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Erguv\u00e2n\u00ee or erguvan, literally \u201cJudas-flower.\u201d Suraiya Faroqhi describes the color as \u201ca blue-tinged red\u201d [link]; I would call it hot pink, fuchsia, or magenta. In modern Turkish, the word refers to a\u2026<\/p>\n

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