𐰽𐰣𐰽𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *sān (“number”), equivalent to 𐰽𐰣 (san, “number”) +‎ 𐰽𐰔 (-sïz), literally "numberless". Cognate with Old Uyghur s՚n (san, “number”), Turkmen san, Uzbek son, Bashkir һан (han, “number”), Tuvan сан (san).

Adjective

𐰽𐰣𐰽𐰔 (sansïz)

1. innumerable, countless
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S12

     𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰇𐰔𐰠𐰚:𐱃𐰃𐰤:𐰴𐰺𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰘𐰭𐰃𐰤:𐰽𐰣𐰽𐰔:𐰚𐰠𐰇𐰼𐰯:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐰸𐰆𐱃𐰃

     edgü:özlük:atïn:qara:kišin:kök:teyiŋin:sansïz:kelürüp:qop:qotï

     They brought their good saddle-horses, their black sables and blue squirrels in an uncountable number and left them all.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “sansïz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 376
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sansız”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 842