𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 (altï)     Ordinal: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽽 (altïnč)     Adverbial: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽰 (altï kata)     Distributive: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 (altïrar)     Collective: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽳 (altïgu)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *altï (“six”). Cognate with Chuvash улттӑ (ulttă), Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰃 (altï), Turkish altı and Yakut алта (alta).

Numeral

𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 (ʾʾlty /altï/)

1. six
   • undated, unknown, Tathāgatamaṇḍala, 28.50 (v12)‎^[1]:

     𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐽱𐽻𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 𐽲𐽶𐽴

     ʾʾlty ykrmy qʾβsʾyw twrdʾcy tnkry qyz

     /Altï yégirmi ḳavẓayu turdačï teŋri ḳïz./

     Sixteen god-maidens in a circle.

Descendants

• Western Yugur: ahltə (aʰltï)

Compound terms

• 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾlty tʾtʾr /⁠Altï Tatar⁠/, “Six-Tatars Confederacy, a historical tribal union of Yenisei Kyrgyz”)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “altı”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 13
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) altı”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 36-38