𐰇𐰲

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

Alternative forms

• 𐰈𐰲 (üč) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)
• 𐰇𐰳 (üč) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)

References

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