𐰋𐰃𐰭

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

• (Yenisei) 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Compare Turkish bin (“thousand”), Turkmen müň (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meñ, “thousand”).

Numeral

𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ)

1. thousand

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bıŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 346-347
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bɨŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill