𐰇𐰲

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Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐰇𐰲 (üč)
    Ordinal : 𐰇𐰲𐰨 (üčünč)
    Collective : 𐰇𐰲𐰏𐰇 (üčegü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *üč. Cognate with Chuvash виҫӗ (viś̬ĕ, three), Turkish üç (three), Turkmen üç (three), Uzbek uch (three), Bashkir өс (ös, three), Yakut үс (üs, three).

Numeral

𐰇𐰲 (üč)

  1. three
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5
      𐰀𐰴:𐱃:𐰴𐰺𐰽𐰽𐰃𐰣:𐰇𐰲:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍𐱃𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰯𐰣:𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰏𐰚𐰀:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      āq:at:qaršïsïn:üč:boluɣta:talulapan:aɣïnqa:ötügke:ïdmïš:tér
      A white horse, having chosen its adversary in three states of existence, sent it to a dumb for praying, it says.

Alternative forms

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “üç”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 391
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “üç”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18