𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤
Old Turkic
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Cardinal : 𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤 (tümen) | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tümen (“ten thousand”), possibly from Middle Chinese 萬 (MC mjonH, “myriad”) likely through Tocharian A tmāṃ. Compare also Japanese 万 (man), Korean 만 (man), Chinese borrowings and Mongolian түмэн (tümen), Manchu ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ (tumen), Turkic borrowings.
Numeral
𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤 (tümen)
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “tümän”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 387
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “tüm(ä)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tümen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507
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