𐽼𐽶𐽾

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: 𐽼𐽶𐽾 (bir)     Ordinal: 𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽶 (ilki, élki)     Adverbial: 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽰 (bir kata)     Distributive: 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 (birer)     Collective: 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽷𐽳 (biregü)

Bir in Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• بیر (byr /⁠bir⁠/)
• 必兒 (*piĕt̚ ȵiᴇ /⁠bi(ń)r(i)⁠/), 一 (ʔit̚ /⁠ir⁠/)
• 𐫛𐫏𐫡 (pyr /⁠bir⁠/)
• 𐼔𐼊𐼘 (pyr /⁠bir⁠/)
• ܦܝܪ (pyr /⁠bir⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr. Cognate with Chuvash пӗр (pĕr), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰼 (b²ir²), Turkish bir, Yakut биир (biir).

Numeral

𐽼𐽶𐽾 (bir /pyr/)

1. one
   • 962 or 963, "The worship of the magicians", a Christian theatrical play, T II B 29., Taf. I r., 15 - 17:

     𐽰𐽳𐽶𐾀𐽾 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐽲𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽹 𐽼𐽶𐽾
     𐽱𐽾𐽶𐽻𐾀𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽳𐽻𐽶𐽼 𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽰
     𐾀𐽶𐽼 𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐾀𐽰𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽸𐽶 𐾉 𐾉 𐾉 𐾉

     Ötrü belgülük boltï, t[é]ŋridem bir
     vrišti Yausipniŋ tülinte inċe
     tip y[a]rlïg tegürdi. . . .

     Then an angel appeared
     to God in Joseph's dream, and speaking thus,
     he delivered [God's] command to him.

Compound terms

• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽼𐽶𐽾 (bir bir, “one by one”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶 (bir ikinti[ke], “one another, mutually”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽲𐽰𐽹𐾀𐽶𐽺 (bir kamtïn, “for the first and the last time”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽹𐽳𐽶𐽶𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽳𐽲 (bir müyüzlüg, “unicorn (not the mythical beast)”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐾀𐽰𐽷 (bir teg, “same, just like so”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶 (bir yaŋï, “first day of a month”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽹 (bir yintem, “unique, having only one counterpart”)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃 (bir yolï, “once”) (only found in inscriptions written in Orkhon Script)

Derived terms

• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽷𐽳 (biregü, “together”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰 (birerde, “sometimes, seldom, from time to time”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽶𐽰 (birerkiye, “only once”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (birdin, “suddenly”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽾𐾀𐽹𐽷 (birgertmek, “to unite, to organize; to go to war”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽶 (biri, “one of the crowd”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽷𐽹𐽰𐽷 (birikmek, “to join, to be one with, to be on good terms with, to agree with”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽷𐽸𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (birikdürmek, “to unite, to tie”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽶𐽰 (birkiye, “the one and only”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰 (birle, “and, with”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽳𐽷 (birök, “if, either so, whether ... or not”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰𐽹 (birtem, “wholly, completely”)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽶 (birtinki, “located at somewhere”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: bər (per)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “bir”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 43
• Radloff, W. (1910) Tisastvustik: ein in türkischer Sprache bearbeitetes buddhistisches Sutra (in German), St.-Petersbourg: St.-Petersbourg Académie impériale des sciences, page 6
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) bir”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 176-178
• Yunusoğlu, Mağfiret Kemal (2012) Uygurca-Çince İdikut Sözlüğü [Uyghur-Chinese Divine Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), İstanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 97