𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽 (üč)     Ordinal : 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽳𐽺𐽽 (üčünč)     Distributive : 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽰𐽾 (üčer)     Collective : 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽳 (üčegü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *üč (“three”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰲 (üč), Chuvash виҫӗ (viś̬ĕ, “three”), Turkish üç (“three”), Uzbek uch (“three”), Bashkir өс (“three”), Yakut үс (üs, “three”).

Numeral

𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽 (üč)

1. three
   • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XVII.6

     𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽳𐽺𐽽 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽸𐽰 𐽶𐽰𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽼 𐽷𐽹𐽶 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽵𐽰 𐽽𐽳𐽹𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽾

     Üčünč, suvda yekler urup kémi suvda čomurur.

     Thirdly, in the water demons may attack and sink the ship.

Descendants

• Western Yugur: üş

References

• Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18