𐰇𐰲

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *üč. Cognate with Chuvash виҫӗ (viś̬ĕ, “three”), Turkish üç (“three”), Turkmen üç (“three”), Uzbek uch (“three”), Bashkir өс (ös, “three”), Yakut үс (üs, “three”).

𐰇𐰲 (üč)

1. three
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5

     𐰀𐰴:𐱃:𐰴𐰺𐰽𐰽𐰃𐰣:𐰇𐰲:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍𐱃𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰯𐰣:𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰏𐰚𐰀:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     āq:at:qaršïsïn:üč:boluɣta:talulapan:aɣïnqa:ötügke:ïdmïš:tér

     A white horse, having chosen its adversary in three states of existence, sent it to a dumb for praying, it says.

• 𐰈𐰲 (üč) (Irk Bitig, Yenisei Kyrgyz)
• 𐰇𐰳 (üč) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “üç”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 391
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “üç”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18