𐰚𐰃

Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐰚𐰃 (eki)     Ordinal : 𐰚𐰦𐰃 (ekinti)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)i (“two”). Cognate with Chuvash икӗ (ik̬ĕ), Khalaj əkki, Turkish iki (“two”), Uzbek ikki, Bashkir ике (ike), Yakut икки (ikki).

Numeral

𐰚𐰃 (éki)

1. two
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 2

     𐰆𐱃𐰺𐰆:𐰚𐰃:𐰖𐰞𐰍:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐰣:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     otru:éki:yalïɣ:kiši:oɣlïn:soqušmïš

     (This road god) apparently met two joyful human beings.

Alternative forms

• 𐰛𐰃 (éki) (Irk Bitig)

Related terms

• 𐰚𐰦𐰃 (ékinti)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “eki”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 330
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(e)ki”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ékki:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 100-101
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹk(k)i”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill