𐰘𐱅𐰃

Old Turkic
Old Turkic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐰘𐱅𐰃 (yéti)
    Ordinal : 𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰨 (yétinč)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹt(t)i (“seven”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫиччӗ (śiččĕ), Turkish yedi (“seven”), Uzbek yetti, Bashkir ете (yete, “seven”), Yakut сэттэ (sette).

Numeral

𐰘𐱅𐰃 (yéti)

  1. seven
    • 9th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E15
      𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰺𐱃𐰸𐰃:𐰘𐱅𐰃:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰢𐰾:𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰢𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰾:𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰾𐰢𐰾
      qïrq:artuqï:yéti:yolï:sülemiš:yégirmi:süŋüš:süŋüšmüš
      He went on campaigns forty-seven times and engaged in twenty battles.

Alternative forms
  • 𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰃 (yéti)

Derived terms
  • 𐰘𐱅𐰢𐰾 (yétmiš, “seventy”)

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yeti”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, pages 401-402
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yétti:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 886
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹt(t)i”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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