dokuz (Turkish)

Where does "dokuz" come from?

The Turkish word 'dokuz,' meaning nine, traces its roots back to the ancient Proto-Turkic form *tokuŕ. Through centuries of linguistic evolution, it passed through Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish before arriving at its modern form. This long-standing term shares a common ancestry with many related Turkic languages, including Azerbaijani, Turkmen, and Uzbek.

Full etymology tree

• dokuz (Turkish), 'nine'
  • inherited طقوز (dokuz) (Ottoman Turkish), 'nine (9)'
    • inherited *tokuŕ (Proto-Turkic), 'nine'

Ancestors

• طقوز (Ottoman Turkish)
• *tokuŕ (Proto-Turkic)

Cognates and doublets

• doqquz (Azerbaijani)
• тоғыз (Kazakh)
• dokuz (Turkmen)
• توققۇز (Uyghur)

Updated July 2026

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