𐰆𐰣

Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐰆𐰣 (on)
    Ordinal : 𐰆𐰣𐰨 (onunč)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōn (ten). Cognate with Chuvash вуннӑ (vunnă), Turkish on, Turkmen ōn, Uzbek on, Bashkir ун (un), Yakut уон (uon).

Numeral

𐰆𐰣 (on)

  1. ten
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N7
      𐰆𐰣:𐰼𐰏:𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰀𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰃𐰦𐰀:𐰏𐰼𐰯:𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔
      on:erig:toŋatégin:yuɣïnta:egrip:ölürtümüz
      We surrounded and killed a Tongra squad consisting of ten champion warriors at the funeral of Prince Tonga.

Derived terms

  • 𐰾𐰚𐰃𐰔:𐰆𐰣 (sekiz on, eighty)
  • 𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕:𐰆𐰣 (toquz on, ninety)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “on”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 360
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “on”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “o:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ōn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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