𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤

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Old Turkic

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Old Turkic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : 𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤 (tümen)

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tümen (ten thousand), possibly from Middle Chinese (MC mjonH, “myriad”) likely through Tocharian A tmāṃ. Compare also Japanese (man), Korean (man), Chinese borrowings and Mongolian түмэн (tümen), Manchu ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ (tumen), Turkic borrowings.

Numeral

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𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤 (tümen)

  1. myriad
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 32
      𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐰘𐰇𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰘𐰇𐰔:𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐰢𐰃𐰭:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰢𐰃𐰭:𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐱅𐰇𐰢𐰤:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      bir:tabïlqu:yüz:boltï:yüz:tabïlqu:miŋ:boltï:miŋ:tabïlqu:tümen:boltï:tér
      One spriaea became a hundred; a hundred spiraeas became a thousand (and) a thousand spiraeas became ten thousand, it says.

References

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  • 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