𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕

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Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕 (toquz)
    Ordinal : 𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕𐰨 (toquzunč)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tokuŕ. Cognate with Chuvash тӑххӑр (tăhhăr), Khalaj toqquz, Turkish dokuz, Uzbek toʻqqiz, Bashkir туғыҙ (tuğıź), Yakut тоҕус (toğus).

Numeral

𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕 (toquz)

  1. nine
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60
      𐱃𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰔:𐰺𐰞𐰃:𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚:𐰢𐰤
      toquz:aralï:sïɣun:kéyik:men
      I am a male maral deer with a nine-branched horn.

Derived terms

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “toquz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 383
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “tokuz”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tokkuz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 474