𐰋𐰃𐱁
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Old Turkic
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Cardinal : 𐰋𐰃𐱁 (béš) Ordinal : 𐰋𐰃𐱁𐰨 (béšinč) | ||
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ (“five”). Cognate with Chuvash пиллӗк (pillĕk, “five”), Karakhanid بٖيشْ (bḗš, “five”) Azerbaijani beş (“five”), Turkish beş (“five”), Gagauz beş (“five”), Uzbek besh, Bashkir биш, Yakut биэс (bies, “five”).
Numeral
[edit]𐰋𐰃𐱁 (béš)
- five
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67
- 𐰉𐰺𐰽:𐰖𐰃𐰞:𐰚𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰃:𐰖:𐰋𐰃𐰾:𐰘𐰃𐰏𐰼𐰢𐰃𐰚𐰀
- bars:yïl:ekinti:ay:béš:yégirmike
- In the Year of Tiger, on the fifteenth (day of) the second month,
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67
Alternative forms
[edit]- 𐰋𐱁 (beš) (Orkhon Turkic)
- 𐰋𐰃𐰾 (bis) (Orkhon Turkic)
- 𐰌𐰂𐱀 (béš) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “biš”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “biş”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 376