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Language Citation Form Standardized Form
Afšār-e Nānakčī ọ̄n eza̮r, ọ̄n mün
Altay он муҥ on muŋ
Altay Tuvan oŋmuŋ oŋmuŋ
Azerbaijani on min on min
Chagatay تمن tümän
Chanto Uyghur oŋmiŋ oŋmiŋ
Crimean Karaim тӱмэн tümen
Crimean Tatar on biñ on biŋ
Dukhan saya saya
Fu-yü Gïrgïs duman duman
Halych Karaim тимэн, кимэн timen, kimen
Ili Salar tymen tümen
Jungar Tuvan tümen
Karakhanid tümen tümen
Kazakh түмен tümen
Khalaj ọ̄n-miŋ ọ̄n-miŋ
Krymchak tuman, tümen tuman, tümen
Mogholi u̱ənmįŋ u̱ənmįŋ
Old Uyghur tümän, on miŋ tümän, on miŋ
Orkhon Turkic tümän tümän
Ös on tïšə on tïšə
Qashqa’i on mɛn on mȩn
Salar miŋ zanza, zanzɨ, dunman* miŋ zanza, zanzï, dunman
Siberian Tatar ун мең un meŋ
Tatar төмән tömen
Trakai Karaim тюмянь ťumʼań
Turkish tümen tümen
Tuvan түмен tümen
Uzbek tuman tu̇män
Western Yugur ayaq ayaq

ten thousand

десять тысяч zehntausend dix mille


From OT *tümen. An early Wanderwort, possibly connected to military units. Likely from Old Chinese. Compare Mongolian ᠲᠦᠮᠡᠨ, Manchu ᡨᡠᠮᡝᠨ, Tocharian A tmān, Tocharian B tmane, tumane. See Language Log discussion. Many languages employ derived forms consisting of words for "ten" and "thousand". Originally likely meant "very many" or "myriad".

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