𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕

Old Turkic

Old Turkic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕 (toquz)     Ordinal : 𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕𐰨 (toquzunč)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tokuŕ. Cognate with Chuvash тӑххӑр (tăhhăr), Khalaj toqquz, Turkish dokuz, Uzbek toʻqqiz, Bashkir туғыҙ (tuğıź), Yakut тоҕус (toğus).

Numeral

𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕 (toquz)

1. nine
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60

     𐱃𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰔:𐰺𐰞𐰃:𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚:𐰢𐰤

     toquz:aralï:sïɣun:kéyik:men

     I am a male maral deer with a nine-branched horn.

Derived terms

• 𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰔:𐰼𐰾𐰤 (Toquz Ersin)
• 𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰔:𐰆𐰍𐰔 (Toquz Oɣuz)
• 𐱃𐰸𐰔:𐱃𐱃𐰺 (Toquz Tatar)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “toquz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 383
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “tokuz”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tokkuz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 474