The numbers in Turkish

When learning a language, you need to learn how to properly say the numbers. This article will teach you everything you need to know about Turkish numbers. We will teach you cardinal numbers first and the the ordinal numbers. Hadi başlayalım!

Cardinal Numbers in Turkish (from 0 to 1 million)

Cardinal numbers are the basic numbers used for counting (one, two, three, etc.). Here is a list of cardinal numbers in Turkish from 0 to 20 and by tens up to 100.

Numbers from 0 to 20:

Number	Turkish	English Translation
0	sıfır	zero
1	bir	one
2	iki	two
3	üç	three
4	dört	four
5	beş	five
6	altı	six
7	yedi	seven
8	sekiz	eight
9	dokuz	nine
10	on	ten
11	on bir	eleven
12	on iki	twelve
13	on üç	thirteen
14	on dört	fourteen
15	on beş	fifteen
16	on altı	sixteen
17	on yedi	seventeen
18	on sekiz	eighteen
19	on dokuz	nineteen
20	yirmi	twenty

Counting by Tens up to 100:

Number	Turkish	English Translation
30	otuz	thirty
40	kırk	forty
50	elli	fifty
60	altmış	sixty
70	yetmiş	seventy
80	seksen	eighty
90	doksan	ninety
100	yüz	one hundred

Forming Numbers Beyond 100

After 100, the pattern is straightforward:

• 101 is “yüz bir,” 110 is “yüz on,” 120 is “yüz yirmi,” and so on.
• 200 is “iki yüz,” 300 is “üç yüz,” and so on.
• 1,000 is “bin,” 2,000 is “iki bin,” etc.

The pattern continues for larger numbers such as “on bin” (10,000), “yüz bin” (100,000), and “milyon” (1,000,000). Infinity is named

Ordinal Numbers in Turkish

Ordinal numbers in Turkish indicate a position or order, such as “first,” “second,” “third,” etc. They are formed by adding the suffix “-inci” to the cardinal numbers.

Note that the suffix “-inci” changes to “-ıncı,” “-inci,” “-üncü,” or “-uncu” depending on vowel harmony rules.

Ordinal Numbers from first to tenth:

Number	Turkish	English Translation
1st	birinci	first
2nd	ikinci	second
3rd	üçüncü	third
4th	dördüncü	fourth
5th	beşinci	fifth
6th	altıncı	sixth
7th	yedinci	seventh
8th	sekizinci	eighth
9th	dokuzuncu	ninth
10th	onuncu	tenth

The ordinal numbers beyond “10th” follow the same logic:

• 11th => on birinci
• 22nd => yirmi ikinci
• 110 => yüz onuncu
• etc.

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Mathematical operators in Turkish

To finish this article, here is a list of a few mathematical operators you can learn along with the numbers in Turkish:

Operator Symbol	Turkish Word	English Translation
+	artı	plus
–	eksi	minus
× or *	çarpı	multiplied by
÷ or /	bölü	divided by
=	eşittir	equals
%	yüzde	percent
^	üstü	raised to the power
√	karekök	square root
>	büyüktür	greater than
<	küçüktür	less than
≥	büyüktür veya eşittir	greater than or equal to
≤	küçüktür veya eşittir	less than or equal to
≠	eşit değildir	not equal to

Examples:

• Bir artı bir eşittir iki. (One plus one is equal to two)
• On bölü iki, beşe eşittir. (Ten divided by two is equal to five.)
• İki ile yüzün çarpımı iki yüze eşittir. (The multiplication of two and one hundred is equal to two hundred.)