𐰋𐰃𐰭

Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ)
    Ordinal : 𐰋𐰃𐰭𐰨 (biŋinč)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (thousand). Cognate with Chuvash пин (pin), Khalaj ming, Turkish bin (thousand), Turkmen müň (thousand), Uzbek ming, Bashkir мең (meñ, thousand), Yakut муҥ (muñ). Compare also Mongolian мянга (mjanga) and Manchu ᠮᡳᠩᡤᠠᠨ (minggan).

Numeral

𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ)

  1. thousand

Alternative forms

  • 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ)
  • 𐰢𐰃𐰭 (miŋ, mïŋ) (nasalized)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “biŋ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 314
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bıŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 346-347
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bɨŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill