birer
/birer/
1. one each, one apiece
- birer som — one ruble each
- har üyden birer adam — one person from each household
- sabiylege birer alma berdile — they gave the children one apple each
- adam başına birer geben jetgendi — each person got one haystack
- onuşar qoy, birer iynek — ten sheep each, one cow each
- jaşlağa birer at berildi — the young men were given one horse each
2. each one, each of them (only with a possessive suffix, as in bireri birer) — Used only in possessive form, typically bireri followed by birer: bireri birer söz aytdı each of them said a word.
- bireri birer söz qoşdula — each of them added a word
- bireri birer üy bolğandıla — each of them has set up a household of their own
- bireri birer söz ayta edi — each of them was saying something
3. once each, one time each
- uşkoklarından oqlanı birer atdıla — they fired their guns once each
4. one by one, singly, one at a time — Often doubled as birer-birer with the same meaning.
- birer-birer üyge kirdile — they entered the house one by one
- qonaqla birer-birer ketdile — the guests left one by one
- birer atlam etib tawğa örledile — taking one step at a time, they climbed the mountain
Counting forms
| Number | the number | in order | that many people | as a group | that many each |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nol | nolzero | ||||
| sıfır | sıfırzero | ||||
| bir | birone | birinçithe first | birewthe one of them | birerone each | |
| eki | ekitwo | ekinçithe second | ekewthe two of them | ekewlena group of two | |
| üç | üçthree | üçünçüthe third | üçewthe three of them | üçewlena group of three | üçüşerthree each |
| tört | törtfour | törtünçüthe fourth | törtewthe four of them | törtewlena group of four | törtüşerfour each |
| beş | beşfive | beşinçithe fifth | beşewthe five of them | beşewlena group of five | beşişerfive each |
| altı | altısix | altınçıthe sixth | altawthe six of them | altawlana group of six | altışarsix each |
| jeti | jetiseven | jetinçithe seventh | jetewthe seven of them | jetewlena group of seven | jetişerseven each |
| segiz | segizeight | segizinçithe eighth | segizewlena group of eight | segizişereight each | |
| toğuz | toğuznine | toğuzunçuthe ninth | toğuzawlana group of nine | toğuzuşarnine each | |
| on | onten | onunçuthe tenth | onawlana group of ten | onuşarten each | |
| jıyırma | jıyırmatwenty | jıyırmançıthe twentieth | |||
| otuz | otuzthirty | otuzunçuthe thirtieth | |||
| qırq | qırqforty | qırqınçıthe fortieth | |||
| elli | ellififty | ellinçithe fiftieth | ellişerfifty each | ||
| altmış | altmışsixty | altmışınçıthe sixtieth | altmışışarsixty each | ||
| jetmiş | jetmişseventy | jetmişinçithe seventieth | |||
| seksen | sekseneighty | sekseninçithe eightieth | |||
| tohsan | tohsanninety | tohsanınçıthe ninetieth | tohsanışarninety each | ||
| jüz | jüzone hundred | jüzünçüthe hundredth | jüzüşerone hundred each | ||
| miŋ | miŋone thousand | miŋinçithe thousandth | miŋişerone thousand each | ||
| million | millionmillion | ||||
| milliard | milliardbillion | ||||
| trillion | trilliona trillion |
The books stop the people-counting forms after ten, so the bigger numbers show only the cardinal, ordinal and distributive. The numbers bank shows how these combine into larger numbers.