üç
/ytʃ/
1. three — Before a noun with the suffix lı it means having three of something, as in üç ayaqlı "three-legged" and üç müyüşlü "triangular".
- üç adam — three people
- üç kün — three days
- üç kere — three times
- üç jüz — three hundred
- üç bla jarım — three and a half
- üç qarnaşım bardı — I have three brothers
- üç jıl bolğan jaşçıq — a three-year-old little boy
- stolda üç kitab turadı — three books lie on the table
- üç künden kellikme — I will come in three days
- sağat üçde keterikmise? — will you leave at three o'clock?
2. three, a satisfactory school mark — A school grade meaning satisfactory, roughly like a C, as in matematikadan üç alırğa "get a three in math".
- matematikadan üç alırğa — to get a three in math
- men bügün üç aldım — I got a three today
- ustaz anŋa üç saldı — the teacher gave him a three
Expressions
- üçge çığarğa — turn three years
- üç atağa aylanŋan — three generations removed
- üçden-üçden sekirtirge — drive someone hard
- üçge deri tepsi ayaq — three times settles it
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 | birewlena group of one | 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.