birinci

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		биринҹи
Arabic		بیرینجی

Azerbaijani numbers ^(edit)

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		1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: bir     Ordinal: birinci

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bīrinč (“first”). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [birinˈd͡ʒi], [birinˈd͡zi]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [birimˈd͡zi]

• Audio:

  (file)

Numeral

birinci

1. first

Crimean Tatar

Other scripts
Cyrillic	биринджи
Roman

Crimean Tatar numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: bir     Ordinal: birinci     Distributive: birer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bīrinč (“first”). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧rin‧ci

Numeral

birinci

1. first

References

• “birinci”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bīrinč (“first”). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Numeral

birinci

1. first

Turkish

Turkish numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: bir     Ordinal: birinci     Distributive: birer

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برنجی (birinci), from Proto-Turkic *bīrinč (“first”). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɾinˈd͡ʒi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bi‧rin‧ci

Adjective

birinci

1. first

   Alternative forms: 1’inci, 1.

   Synonym: ilk

Usage notes

• ilk is different from birinci in the sense that it refers something that is the first of its kind or where things that come after the first one are not relevant. birinci implies the existence of a relevant order of things.

References

• Türk Dil Kurumu