𐰋𐰃𐱁

Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐰋𐰃𐱁 (béš)     Ordinal : 𐰋𐰃𐱁𐰨 (béšinč)

Etymology

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 (biş), Yakut биэс (bies, “five”).

Numeral

𐰋𐰃𐱁 (b²iš /béš/)

1. five

Alternative forms

• 𐰋𐱁 (beš) (Orkhon Turkic)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰾 (bis) (Orkhon Turkic)
• 𐰌𐰂𐱀 (béš) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “biš”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 376