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 (altï /ʾʾlty/)

1. six
   • 1687, Altun Yaruk, book 1, chapter ?, page ?‎^[1], AY.B12.01.v03‎^[2]:

     𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽼 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽺𐽶𐽴[𐽱𐽰𐽺𐽶 𐾁𐽰𐽾] 𐾇

     Altïnč: Töz tüp ulug niz[vanïlar.]

     Sixth [axiom]: What is the basis [and] the foundation of great pas[sions?]

   • undated, Tathāgatamaṇḍala (BT13.28)‎^[3], BT13.28.A.02.v12 (50)‎^[4]:

     𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐽱𐽻𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 𐽲𐽶𐽴 𐾇

     Altï yégirmi kavẓayu turdačï teŋri kïz.

     Sixteen (lit. 'six-twenty') surrounding goddesses.

Descendants

• Western Yugur: altə (aʰltï)

Compound terms

• 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐾀𐽳𐽴 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽺 (altï otuz tümen, “two hundred and sixty thousand; 260,000”)
• 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽺 (altï yégirmi tümen, “hundred-and-sixty thousand; 160,000”)
• 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽾 (Altï Tatar, “Six-Tatars Confederacy, a historical tribal union of Yenisei Kyrgyz”)
• 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽺 (altï tümen, “sixty-six thousand; 66,000”)

Etymology 2

A rather common orthographic aberration, where the 𐽳 (w) is confused with 𐽰 (ʾ) in connected writing due to visual similarity between the two.

Conjunction

𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 (ʾʾlty)

1. Misspelling of 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽶 (ʾwlty, “et cetera, and so on..., following..., miscellaneously...”).

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