𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷

Old Uyghur

Old Uyghur cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷 (mïŋ)     Ordinal : 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽺𐽽 (mïŋïnč)     Distributive : 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽾 (mïŋar)     Collective : 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽷𐽳 (mïŋagu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Chuvash пин (pin, “thousand”), Khalaj ming (“thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Uzbek ming (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meñ, “thousand”), Yakut муҥ (muñ, “thousand”). Compare also Mongolian мянга (mjanga, “thousand”).

Numeral

𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷 (mïŋ or miŋ)

1. thousand

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽳𐽺 𐽶𐽳𐽴 (on yüz), 𐽻𐽶𐽺 (sén)

   • c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, XIII.4:

     𐽲𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽽 𐽺𐽰𐽺𐽷 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽲𐽸𐽰 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽶𐽳𐽵 𐽷𐽶𐽹 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽺 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽾 𐾉

     Kazganč neŋ tarïg tarïmakda edgü yok; kém bir tarïsar mïŋ, tümen bolur.

     There is no better way to gain than by cultivating the fields; when you sow one (seed), thousands, [if not] tens of thousands are obtained.

Descendants

• Western Yugur: məng

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bıŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 346-347
• 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
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) miŋ”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 475