ʾwyc

Old Uyghur
Old Uyghur cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ʾwyc (üč)
    Ordinal : ʾwycwnc (üčünč)
    Distributive : ʾwycʾr (üčer)
    Collective : ʾwycʾkw (üčegü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *üč (“three”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰲 (üč), Chuvash виҫӗ (viś̬ĕ, “three”), Turkish üç (“three”), Uzbek uch (“three”), Bashkir өс (ös, “three”), Yakut үс (üs, “three”).

Numeral

ʾwyc (üč)

  1. three
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XVII.6
      ʾwycwnc swvdʾ yʾklʾr ʾwrwp kmy swvxʾ cwmwrwr
      üčünč suvda yekler urup kémi suvda čomurur
      Thirdly, in the water demons may attack and sink the ship.

Descendants
  • Western Yugur: üş

References
  • Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18
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