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« Bodomal » : (« the white chamber of the Lord called... »); there can be no doubt that the word is the same as budumal, « painted ». See CINGHIS, p. 352.

bodomal : this must have been the pronounciation heard for budumal by the Chinese translator. See CINGHIS, p. 353.

boauy : Turk., in Kasyari, « colour » (Mong. budaq).

See CINGHIS, p. 352.

bodoque : > Span., « cross-bow ». See BONDOCDAIRE, p. 100.

boegies : (bougies and erroneously bongies) Dutch plur. <Span. bucio.

See COWRIES, p. 555.

bog-to : Tib., borrowed from the Mongolian.

See COTAN, p. 420.

BOGA.

Stands for Mong. Buqa, Buys; means « bull ».

Buqa was the most powerful official in Persia at the end of Abaya's reign and during that of Aryun.

See p. 97.

Bogda [-Ma] : wrong interpretation of the Pieeh-ch'ieh-ch'ih mountain mentioned in YS.

See ÇULFICAR, p. 611. bogdo : Yakut, borrowed from the Mongolian.

See COTAN, p. 420.

« Bogôltuin-amà » : seems to be the same as K'ang-ha-li-kai.

See CINGHIS, p. 324.

« boguerant » : old French form for « bougran ».

See BUCKRAM, p. 1.11. boyasi : (the accepted etymology) in Osm. Turk.

See BUCKRAM, p. 112. boyda : (> boydo) it is a purely Altaic word.

See COTAN, p. 420.

boyda : (plur. boydas) Mongol spelling of boydo.

See COTAN, p. 420.

boydas : Mong., plur. of boyda. See COTAN, p. 420.

boydaz : pseudo-Uighur form, misreading of boydas.

See COTAN, p. 420.

boydo : (< boyda) it is a purely Altaic word, connected with Tung. and Oros. buga, Goldi boa.

See COTAN, p. 420.

Boydo : « holy », a comparatively late form in Mongolian.

The evolution bobda > bohdo,.. is of the same type as Odan > Odon.

See COTAN, p. 420.

Boydo : the theory according to which « Fu-tu » would represent it cannot be accepted.

See COTAN, p. 420.

Bobar : the name of Bohhara in the Turk. dialect of Kazan.

See BUCARA, p. 109.

bobasï : or boyasi (written in other dictionaries).

See BUCKRAM, p. 112.

bobda : this form still occurs in the Secret History; the evolution > bohdo, boydo is of the same type as Odan> Odon.

See COTAN, p. 420.

bohdo : this form occuring once in the Secret History must be the result of a popular pronunciation.

See COTAN, p. 420.

bobta : a derivation of boydo from this Pers. form lacks support. See COTAN, p. 420.

bobta : (read bob da) this form still occurs in the Secret History. See COTAN, p. 420.

bok esye : Murray's earliest example in English.

See BUCKRAM, p. 112.

Bokhara : (there is a Naubihar at). See BUCARA, p. 108.

Bokhara : occurs first in Chinese texts in the 5th cent. as Niu-mi. See BUCARA, p. 108.

«Bokhara » : etymology of « buckram D.

See BUCKRAM, p. 111.

« Bokhara » : (D'Avezac derived « brougran » from).

See BUCKRAM, p. 111.

« Bolar » : or « Bular ».

See BOLGARA, p. 99.

« Bolar » or « Bular » : name in the Secret History, Abu-'l-Fida, and

Schiltberger,   the   « Bileri »
of Plan-Carpine, i.e. Bulyâr. Said to be equivalent to « Boler ».

See DARKNESS (PROVINCE OF), p. 619.

Bolat : (Rubrouck speaks of Germans who were extracting gold and making arms at).

See ANDANIQUE, p. 42.

« Bolche » : can be identified with Balkh.

See BALC, p. 71.

• Boler » : in Fra Mauro seems to refer to quite a different place far to the north.

See BELOR, p. 92.

«

Boler » : in Fra Mauro for Bulyar; misunderstood as « Bolor ». See BOLGARA, p. 99.

«

Boler » : it is the « Bular » or « Bolar » of the Secret History, the « Bileri » of Plan-Carpine, i.e. Bulyar.

See DARKNESS (PROVINCE OF), p. 619.

• *Bolgan » : Polo may have used it

instead of Bolgana.

See BOLGANA, p. 98. BOLGANA.

• Confounded with « Bolgara » in most mss;

• is certainly Mong. Buluyan, « sable ».

See p. 98.

BOLGARA.

- The city of Bulyâr; the capital of;

• the Volga Bulgars of the

Middle Ages.

See p. 98-99.

«

Bolgara » : name confounded with

« Bolgana ».

See BOLGANA, p. 98.

• Bolgari » : a vair from Bulyâr. See ERCOLIN, p. 645.

bolyari (> bor'ali) : gave in French borgal (see « Bolgara », p. 98). See BUCKRAM, p. 111.

boli : modern Maldivian, « cowry ». See COWRIES, p. 532.

boli : Maldivian, « cowry ».

See COWRIES, p. 555.

Bolod : (Pers. Pulad) this is the only noyan Po-lo or Pu-lo in Qubilai's time.

See CURMOS, p. 581.

Bolod cingsang : well-known Mongol informant of Rasidu-'d-Din. See DRY (LONE) TREE, p. 630.

« Boior » : a form devoid of authority. See BELOR, p. 92.

• Boior » : Polo's region mistakenly identified with Boler by Hallberg.

See DARKNESS (PROVINCE OF), p. 619.

bolot : Mong. means « Eastern steel ».

See ANDANIQUE, p. 42.

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