Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic биринҹи
Abjad بیرینجی
Azerbaijani numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: bir
    Ordinal: birinci

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *birinči (first). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [birinˈd͡ʒi], [birinˈd͡zi]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [birimˈd͡zi]
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

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birinci

  1. first

Crimean Tatar

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Crimean Tatar numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: bir
    Ordinal: birinci
    Distributive: birer

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *birinči (first). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Numeral

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birinci

  1. first

Gagauz

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *birinči (first). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Numeral

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birinci

  1. first

Turkish

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Turkish numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: bir
    Ordinal: birinci
    Distributive: birer

Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برنجی (birinci), from Proto-Turkic *birinči (first). By surface analysis, bir +‎ -inci.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bi.ɾinˈd͡ʒi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧rin‧ci

Adjective

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birinci

  1. first
    Synonym: ilk
    Alternative forms: 1’inci, 1.

Usage notes

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  • ilk is different from birinci in the sense that it refers something that is the first of its kind or where things that come after the first one are not relevant. birinci implies the existence of a relevant order of things.

References

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