𐽼𐽶𐽻

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐽼𐽶𐽻 (béš)     Ordinal : 𐽼𐽶𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽽 (béšinč)     Distributive : 𐽼𐽶𐽻𐽰𐽾 (béšer)     Collective : 𐽼𐽶𐽻𐽰𐽷𐽳 (béšegü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ (“five”). Cognate with Chuvash пиллӗк (pillĕk), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱁 (béš), Turkish beş and Yakut биэс (bies).

Numeral

𐽼𐽶𐽻 (béš)

1. five
   • 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Book 1 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)‎^[1], AY.B01.07.r06-r09:

     𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽶 𐾀𐽻𐽳𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐽳𐽺 𐽼𐽶𐽻 𐽶𐽳𐽴 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽲𐽳𐽵𐾄𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽳𐽴𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽶𐽳 𐾀𐽳𐽵𐾄𐽶𐽲𐽰𐾁𐽶 𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽵𐾄𐽰 𐽼𐽳𐽻𐽶 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽸𐽶 𐾈

     Altïrar yégirmi tsun ... uzun, béš yüz temir talgoklarïg etözinte bodoyu tokïgalï, Bramanlarka pušï bérdi.

     Five hundred iron nails, each sixteen inches ^{(specifically Tsun, Chinese inch)} long, [that he] pierced deep into his body and [then he] offered his body to Brahmans as a sacrifice.

Descendants

• Western Yugur: bes
• ⇒ Western Yugur: bisun (“fifty”)