another<\/a> calls dark greenish-brown.<\/p>\nM\u00e2\u00ee\/Ma’i<\/strong> (the formal word) or mavi<\/strong> (colloquial), medium blue. Medium blue was an all-purpose color, used by both men and women for a broad variety of garments. As a lighter color, it was used for inner clothing–z\u0131b\u0131ns, kaftans, belts, and trousers. Only two women and five men had medium blue outer garments, and only men wore medium blue feraces.<\/p>\nS\u00fcrm\u00e2\u00ee<\/strong>,\u00a0dark blue. All six dark blue garments in the estate records were\u00a0kaftans. Most were expensive–the average cost was 1,061 ak\u00e7es–and three were noted as being made of kemha or seraser.<\/p>\nL\u00e2civerd<\/strong>, navy blue. From the Persian word for lapis lazuli. It’s unclear whether this is a different shade than\u00a0s\u00fcrmai.\u00a0In the estate records, men had\u00a0five times as many\u00a0navy blue garments as\u00a0women. The color was considered especially appropriate for sober, respectable outer clothes–feraces, dolamas, yeleks, and k\u00fcrdiyes.<\/p>\nMor<\/strong>, purple. Considered a dark, sober color. Especially popular for feraces and men’s trousers.<\/p>\nNohud\u00ee<\/strong>, the color of chickpeas (nohud).<\/p>\nSincab reng\u00ee<\/strong>, the color of squirrel fur.<\/p>\nBeyaz<\/strong>, white.<\/p>\nAk<\/strong>, an old-fashioned Arabic-derived word for white.<\/p>\nSiyah<\/strong>, black. From Persian. The Turkish word, which isn’t used as a color name in the late 16th-century estate records, is kara. Of the 29 black garments in the estate records, 19 are feraces. There are also two kapamas, three dolamas, one kaftan, one z\u0131b\u0131n, and three belts.<\/p>\nEarly 16th Century Color Words<\/h3>\n
Al,<\/strong> red.<\/p>\nK\u0131z\u0131l<\/strong>, red.<\/p>\nAsumani<\/strong>, blue (literally “heavenly”).<\/p>\nElmas\u00ee<\/strong>, apple-colored.<\/p>\nG\u00f6k<\/strong>, blue.<\/p>\nS\u00fcrm\u00e2\u00ee<\/strong>,\u00a0dark blue.<\/p>\nMor<\/strong>, purple.<\/p>\nBenef\u015f<\/strong>, violet.<\/p>\nBeyaz<\/strong> or ak<\/strong>, white.<\/p>\nSiyah<\/strong>, black.<\/p>\nKara<\/strong>, black or dark.<\/p>\nBoz<\/strong>, gray.<\/p>\nK\u0131r<\/strong>, gray.<\/p>\nColor Names that Didn’t Appear in the Records<\/h3>\n
dar\u00e7\u0131ni, cinnamon<\/p>\n
tutegi, bright green<\/p>\n
cevzi, “walnut green”<\/p>\n
aseli, honey<\/p>\n
f\u0131st\u0131ki, pistachio<\/p>\n
f\u0131nd\u0131ki, hazelnut<\/p>\n
kam\u0131\u015fi, strawberry<\/p>\n
anberbuyi<\/p>\n
ate\u015fi<\/p>\n
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kahverengi, brown<\/p>\n
\u015farabi, wine<\/p>\n
bald\u0131rcani (patl\u0131cani),\u00a0eggplant<\/p>\n
deve t\u00fcy\u00fc, camel<\/p>\n
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These color names appear in the 16th-century Istanbul estate records I analyzed. Ottoman Turkish drew color names from Persian and Arabic as well as native Turkish, so the language has several sets of duplicate color names: beyaz and ak for white,\u00a0k\u0131rm\u0131z\u0131, s\u00fcrh,\u00a0and al for red, sebz and\u00a0ye\u015fil for green, etc.\u2026<\/p>\n
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