𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶 (ʾʾrty /⁠a[l]tï⁠/)[1]
𐽲𐾁𐾀𐽶 (qlty /⁠[a]ltï⁠/)[2]
Manichaean script 𐫀𐫀𐫓𐫎𐫏 (ʾʾlṯy /⁠altï⁠/)[3]
Sogdian script 𐼰𐽄𐽂𐼷 (ʾlty /⁠altï⁠/)
𐼰𐼰𐽄𐽂𐼷 (ʾʾlty /⁠altï⁠/)
Brahmi script 𑀅‌𑀮𑁆𑀢𑀺 (a‌lti /⁠altï⁠/)
𑀅‌𑀮𑁆𑀥𑀻 (a‌ldhī /⁠aldï, aldʰï⁠/)
𑀆‌𑀮𑀺 (ā‌li /⁠al[t]ï⁠/)[4]
Tibetan script ཨལ་དི (ʔal.di /⁠altï, aldï⁠/)
Han script 俺的 (ʔjemH.tek /⁠a[l]tï⁠/)
俺定 (ʔjemH.dengH /⁠a[l]tï(ŋ)⁠/)[5]
Old Uyghur numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 (ʾʾlty)
    Ordinal: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽽 (ʾʾltync)
    Adverbial: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾlty qʾtʾ)
    Distributive: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾltyrʾr)
    Collective: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽲𐽳 (ʾʾltyqw)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *altï (six). Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰃 (l¹t¹i /⁠altï⁠/).

Numeral

𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 (ʾʾlty /altï/)

  1. six, 6
    • c. 10th century, 1361, 1687, Šéŋko Šeli Tutuŋ (勝光闍梨都統), Altun Yaruḳ 1st Chapter: 34.ç-24 (*?.38, v19):[6][7]
      𐽶𐽰𐽾𐽰𐾀𐽳 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽰𐾀𐽹𐽶𐽻 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐾁 𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽶
      yʾrʾtw twykʾtmys ʾʾlty ywl tʾqy
      / [] yaratu tüketmiš altï yoltaḳï [tïnlïġlarïġ.]/
      [] have completed creating [the living beings] in the six-fold path.
    • c. 1277, Yuan Dynasty-Era Almanac SHT1592.3 (v03):[8]
      𑀬𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀤‌𑀬𑁆𑀮𑀺‌𑀅‌𑀮𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁃‌𑁫‌𑀑𑀢𑁆‌𑀲𑀸‌
      yu nd yli‌ a‌ lti ñcai‌ 5‌ ot sā‌
      /Yund yïl altïnč ay [béšinč?] ot sā- [] /
      Year of the horse, sixth month, fifth? fire-[day?] []

Compound terms

  • 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽸𐽳𐽺 (ʾʾlty ʾwydwn /⁠altï üdün⁠/, continuously, literally for six-epochs)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾlty tʾtʾr /⁠Altï Tatar⁠/, Six-Tatars Confederacy, a historical tribal union of the Yenisei Kyrgyz)

Derived terms

  • 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽹𐽶𐽿 (ʾʾltmyš /⁠altmïš⁠/, sixty)

Descendants

  • Western Yugur: ahltə (aʰltï)
    • Western Yugur: ahldon (aʰlton, sixty)

References

  1. ^ Misspelling.
  2. ^ Misspelling.
  3. ^ Attested as 𐫀𐫀𐫓𐫎𐫏𐫗𐫝 (ʾʾlṯync /⁠altïnč⁠/, sixth).
  4. ^ Most likely a misspelling, or perhaps a dialectal rendition omitting the plosive -t before -l-.
  5. ^ Attested as 俺定尺 (ʔjemH.dengH.tsyhek /⁠a[l]tïŋč(ïġ)⁠/)
  6. ^ https://vatec2.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/vatecasp/Altun_Yarok_P2.htm (Referenz: AY.P2.02.v19)
  7. ^ This fragment is not digitized yet.
  8. ^ http://idp.bbaw.de/database/large.a4d?recnum=102644&imageRecnum=295831
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “altı”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 13
  • Dieter, Maue (2015) Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 2) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 27) (in German), →ISBN, page 399
  • Kaya, Ceval (1994) Uygurca Altun Yaruk: Giriş, Metin ve Dizin (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 607) (in Turkish), →ISBN, page 76
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) altı”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 36-38
  • Yunusoğlu, Mağfiret Kemal (2012) Uygurca-Çince İdikut Sözlüğü[1] (in Turkish), Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 151