yyty

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : yyty (yéti)     Ordinal : yytync (yétinč)     Distributive : yytysʾr (yétišer)     Collective : yytykw (yétigü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yẹt(t)i (“seven”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫиччӗ (śiččĕ), Old Turkic 𐰘𐱅𐰃 (yéti), Turkish yedi and Yakut сэттэ (sette).

Numeral

yyty (yéti)

1. seven
   • (Can we date this quote?), Buddhacharita; Buddhist Old Uyghur Texts from Turfan‎^[1], Berliner Turfantexte 13.05.f:

     yyty twymʾn [***] yyrtyncw ʾwmwqy pwlt[***]

     Yéti tümän ^??? yértinčü umugï bolt^uŋuz???...

     ^[After?] seven myriad [years] ... you have become the hope of the world...^???

   • Late 10th century, (Xuanzang Biography, Book 3‎^[2], HTIII: 0641-0644 (18) HtPek 33 b:

     yyty twyrlwk yʾz^[wq̈?]

     yéti törlüg yaz[ok]

     seven types of sins ^{(referring to Buddhist concept of seven concupiscences, "Sapta Anuśayā[3]")}

Descendants

• Western Yugur: yitï