beš

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ(k). Cognate to Karachay-Balkar беш (beş), Kumyk беш (beş), Crimean Tatar beş, Urum беш (beš), etc.

Numeral

beš

1. five

Alternative forms

• bieš

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “beš”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN