𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 (yéti)     Ordinal: 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽽 (yétinč)     Adverbial: 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽰 (yéti kata)     Distributive: 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 (yétirer)     Collective: 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽳 (yétigü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yẹt(t)i (“seven”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫиччӗ (śiččĕ), Old Turkic 𐰘𐱅𐰃 (yéti), Turkish yedi and Yakut сэттэ (sette).

Perhaps related to 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽷 (yétmek, “to reach, to be sufficient”) and/or 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 (éki, “two”), as is claimed by Altaicists.

Numeral

𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 or 𐽶𐽰𐾀𐽶 (yéti /yyty/ or yeti /yʾty/)

1. seven

Compound terms

• 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽲 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 (yéti bačag kün, “seven days of fasting”)
• 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐽿𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐾁𐽳𐽳 (yéti bašlïg luu, “seven-headed serpent”)
• 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐽼𐽲𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾 (yéti paharlar, “seven planets”)
• 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶 (yéti yaŋï, “seventh day of the month”)
• 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 (yéti yéti yaŋï kün, “fourty nine days of celebration (lit. 'seven days times seven')”)

Derived terms

• 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽷𐽶 (yétideki, “on Sunday (or Saturday depending on religion)”)
• 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺 (Yétiken, “Ursa Major”)
• ⇒ 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺 (yétiken, “commander, leader”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: jitə (yitï)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “yiti”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 299
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) yeti”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 892-894