kırk

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Gagauz

Gagauz cardinal numbers
 <  39 40 41  > 
    Cardinal : kırk
    Ordinal : kırkıncı

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish (kırk, forty), from Proto-Turkic *kïrk (forty).

Numeral

kırk

  1. forty

Turkish

Turkish numbers (edit)
400
 ←  30  ←  39 40 41  →  50  → 
4
    Cardinal: kırk
    Ordinal: kırkıncı
    Distributive: kırkar

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قرق (kırk, forty; many), from Old Anatolian Turkish (kırk, forty), from Proto-Turkic *kïrk (forty).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

kırk

  1. forty (in idiomatic expressions it often relates to an unspecified number)

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