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”).
Related terms
- 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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