𐰾𐰚𐰔

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Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐰾𐰚𐰔 (sekiz)
    Ordinal : 𐰾𐰚𐰔𐰨 (sekizinč)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sekiŕ. Cognate with Chuvash саккӑр (sakkăr), Khalaj səkkiz, Turkish sekiz, Uzbek sakkiz, Bashkir һигеҙ (higeź), Yakut аҕыс (ağıs).

Numeral

𐰾𐰚𐰔 (sekiz)

  1. eight
    • 9th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E13-14
      𐰴𐰭𐰢:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰆𐰲𐰑𐰸𐰑𐰀:𐰇𐰔𐰢:𐰾𐰚𐰃𐰔:𐰖𐱁𐰑𐰀:𐰴𐰞𐱃𐰢
      qaŋïm:qaɣan:učduqda:özüm:sekiz:yašda:qaltï
      When my father, the khagan, passed away, I was at the age of eight.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “säkiz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 367
  • Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰾𐰚𐰔”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sekkiz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 823