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)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill