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