𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 (tört)     Ordinal: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽽 (törtünč)     Adverbial: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽰 (tört kata)     Distributive: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰𐽾 (törter)     Collective: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰𐽷𐽳 (törtegü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tȫrt (“four”). Cognate with Chuvash тӑваттӑ (tăvattă), Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐱅 (t²ür²t²), Turkish dört, Yakut түөрт (tüört).

Numeral

𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 (twyrt /tört/)

1. four

Compound terms

• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽾 (tört beltir, “four-way crossroad, carrefour”)
• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽸𐽱𐽶𐽼 (tört dvip, “four continents (of the then-known World)”)
• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽳𐽶 (tört taloy, “(land ensieged by) four oceans, China”)
• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽰𐽺 (tört tilgen, “quadricycle cart, pulling-car”)
• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽲 (tört yïŋak, “four sides; four administrative provinces of the Uyghur Khaganate or Qocho states”)

Derived terms

• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽷𐽶𐾁 (törtgil, “square, quadrilateral”)
• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽷𐽳𐽺 (törtgün, “a group of four people, foursome”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: diord (tört)
  • ⇒ Western Yugur: diordon (törtun, “forty”) (< 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽰𐽳𐽺 (twyrt ʾwn, “four-tens”))

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “tört”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 249
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) tört”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 740-745