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Where does “beş” come from?
beş (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بش, from Proto-Turkic bẹ̄ĺ — five.
beş
(Turkish): five
Definitions
five
Ancestry of “beş”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
بش
five (5)
2
Proto-Turkic
bẹ̄ĺ
five
Words derived from “beş”
שש בש
beşgen
beşlik
beşinci
beştaş
beşincilik
beshlik
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