𐰞𐱃𐰃

Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐰞𐱃𐰃 (altï)     Ordinal : 𐰞𐱃𐰃𐰨 (altïnč)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *altï (“six”). Cognate with Chuvash улттӑ (ulttă), Khalaj alta, Azerbaijani altı (“six”), Turkish altı (“six”), Gagauz altı (“six”), Uzbek olti (“six”), Bashkir алты (altı), Crimean Tatar altı (“six”), Yakut алта (alta).

Numeral

𐰞𐱃𐰃 (altï)

1. six
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E28

     𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁𐰓𐰢

     altï:yolï:süŋüšdüm

     I fought six times.

Alternative forms

• 𐰞𐱄𐰃 (altï) (Yenisei)

Related terms

• 𐰡𐰢𐱀 (altmïš) (Yenisei Inscriptions)
• 𐰞𐱄𐰢𐱀 (altmïš, “sixty”) (Yenisei Inscriptions)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “altï”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 301
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “altı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 130