Old Turkic

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

Etymology

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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

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𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ)

  1. thousand
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 32
      𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐰘𐰇𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰘𐰇𐰔:𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐰢𐰃𐰭:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰢𐰃𐰭:𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      bir:tabïlqu:yüz:boltï:yüz:tabïlqu:miŋ:boltï:miŋ:tabïlqu:tümen:boltï:tér
      One spriaea became a hundred; a hundred spiraeas became a thousand (and) a thousand spiraeas became ten thousand, it says.

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