𐰋𐰃𐱁

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

  • (Orkhon) 𐰋𐱁‎ (beš)
  • (Yenisei) 𐰌𐰂𐱀‎ (béš)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ(k) (“five”). Compare Azerbaijani beş (“five”), Crimean Tatar beş (“five”), Karakhanid بٖيشْ‎‎ (bḗš, “five”), Chuvash пиллӗк (pillĕk, “five”), Gagauz beş (“five”), Turkish beş (“five”), Yakut биэс (bies, “five”).

Numeral

𐰋𐰃𐱁 (béš)

  1. (cardinal) five
  • 𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰨‎ (béšinč, “fifth”)

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “bé:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 376
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