𐰋𐰃𐱁
Old Turkic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ(k) (“five”). Compare Azerbaijani beş (“five”), Crimean Tatar beş (“five”), Karakhanid بٖيشْ (bḗš, “five”), Chuvash пиллӗк (pillĕk, “five”), Gagauz beş (“five”), Turkish beş (“five”), Yakut биэс (bies, “five”).
Numeral
𐰋𐰃𐱁 (béš)
Related terms
- 𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰨 (béšinč, “fifth”)
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 376