26. Greek words related to number "sixty":
Greek word EξEKONTA (> EKISEKONTA) means "sixty", and EξEKONTOS (> EKISEKONTOS) means "sixtieth", [Divry's Modern English-Greek,
Greek-English Dictionary, 1988, p. 762]. The Greek letter ξ is like the English letter X which is a replacement for KS, EKS, IKS, KIS or
Turkish cardinal numeral for "sixty" is "ALTMIŞ" and for ordinal numeral "sixtieth" is "ALTMIŞINCI".
a) The Greek word EξEKONTA
(> EKISEKONTA), meaning "sixty",
rearranged letter-by-letter as "EKI-ES-KAT-ON", is from
Turkish expression "IKI-ÜÇ KATi ON" meaning "two-threes times
ten"(i.e, “ two times three
times ten") which makes sixty. By using this
mathematical definition in Turkish,
Greek linguists have avoided using the Turkish cardinal numeral name "ALTMIŞ" meaning "sixty".
Separately, under Item 8. Greek words related to number
"six", we had also found that Eξ (EKIS) was part of Greek words which were
made up from Turkish expressions that used Turkish mathematical expression "IKI-ÜŞ" (IKI-ÜÇ) meaning "six". Thus, Greek Eξ (EKIS) had obtained its meaning from Turkish
cardinal numeral name ALTI meaning "six" but in an indirect way.
Turkish word IKI means "two", ÜÇ means "three",
KATI means "times",
ON means "ten", ALTMIŞ means "sixty".
b) The Greek word EξEKONTOS (> EKISEKONTOS) means "sixtieth", rearranged letter-by-letter as "EKI-OS-KT-ONSE",
is from Turkish expression "IKI-ÜÇ KaT ONCI" meaning "'two-threes times
ten'th" - (i.e., (2 x 3 x 10)th) which makes sixtieth. We also note
that in this Greek anagram, the Greek linguists have shortened the Turkish source text "IKI-ÜÇ KAT ONINCI", meaning "it is
'two-three-times-ten'th", down
to the form of "IKI-ÜÇ KaT ONCI". By using this mathematical definition
in Turkish, Greek linguists have avoided using the Turkish ordinal numeral name "ALTMIŞINCI" meaning "sixtieth".
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