Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/birinči

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

**Proto-Turkic ordinal numbers**
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Cardinal : bīr Ordinal* : birinči Distributive* : bīrer, bīrin Collective : *bīregü

Etymology

From *bīr (“one”) +‎ *-inči (ordinal forming suffix).

Adjective

*birinči

first

Synonyms

*il(i)k (“first”)

Descendants

Oghur:
- Chuvash: пӗншӗ (pĕnš̬ĕ), пӗрремӗш (pĕrremĕš)
Common Turkic: *birinči

Proto-Oghuz: *birinci
- West Oghuz:
  - Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (birinci)
    - Azerbaijani: birinci
    - Ottoman Turkish: برنجی (birinci)
      - Gagauz: birinci
      - Turkish: birinci
- East Oghuz:
  - Turkmen: birinji
Karluk:
- Karakhanid: بِرِنْجِ (birinči)
  - Khorezmian Turkic: [script needed] (birinči)
    - Chagatai: برنچی (birinči)
      - Uzbek: birinchi
      - Uyghur: بىرىنچى (birinchi)
Kipchak:
- Kipchak: برنچی (birinçi)
  - North Kipchak:
    - Bashkir: беренсе (berense)
    - Tatar: беренче (berençe)
  - West Kipchak:
    - Crimean Tatar: birinci
    - Karachay-Balkar: биринчи (birinçi)
    - Kumyk: биринчи (birinçi)
  - South Kipchak:
    - Caspian:
      - Kazakh: бірінші (bırınşı)
      - Karakalpak: birinshi
      - Nogai: биринши (birinşi)
    - Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      - Kyrgyz: биринчи (birinci)
      - Southern Altai: биринчи (birinči)
Siberian:
- Old Turkic:
  - Old Uyghur:
    - Western Yugur: [script needed] (pirinçi)
- North Siberian:
  - Dolgan: биирис
  - Yakut: биирис (biiris)
- South Siberian:
  - Yenisei
    - Khakas: пірінӌі (pìrìncì)
    - Shor: пиринчи