Turkish Number to Words Converter
Type any number — whole, decimal, negative or a price — to see it in Turkish words, as an ordinal (1st, 2nd), a distributive ("each"), in lira and kuruş, and as a year. Then practice telling the time.
Turkish notation: 1.453
Written 1.453. or 1.453'üncü
Formal: bin dört yüz elli üç Türk lirası · Written: 1.453,00 TL
"in the year …" — yılında carries the suffix.
Locative -de/-da/-te/-ta after the numeral, written with an apostrophe.
Telling the time in Turkish
Pick a time to see how native speakers say it — now (saat kaç?) and for appointments (saat kaçta?).
Words → number
Type a number in Turkish (ASCII spelling like dort yuz is fine) to check it and get the digits.
Standard spelling:
Turkish Numbers Cheat Sheet
1 to 10
- 1: bir
- 2: iki
- 3: üç
- 4: dört
- 5: beş
- 6: altı
- 7: yedi
- 8: sekiz
- 9: dokuz
- 10: on
Tens (10-90)
- 10: on
- 20: yirmi
- 30: otuz
- 40: kırk
- 50: elli
- 60: altmış
- 70: yetmiş
- 80: seksen
- 90: doksan
Powers of 10
- 100: yüz
- 1.000: bin
- 106: bir milyon
- 109: bir milyar
- 1012: bir trilyon
- 1015: bir katrilyon
Golden Rules
- Never "bir yüz" — 100 is just yüz.
- Never "bir bin" — 1,000 is just bin.
- dört softens: dördüncü, dörder.
- Decimals use a comma: 3,5 = üç virgül beş.
The grammar behind the numbers
- Turkish numbers: the complete guide →Counting, ordinals, distributives, fractions and prices explained.
- Vowel harmony (2-way & 4-way) →Why it is üçüncü but dokuzuncu, and altışar but yedişer.
- Consonant mutation (ketçap rule) →Why dört becomes dördüncü and dörder.
- Locative case -de/-da →Years and times: 1453'te, saat ikide, iki buçukta.
- Accusative case -(y)I →Minutes past the hour: dokuzu çeyrek geçiyor.
- Dative case -(y)A →Minutes to the hour: ona çeyrek var.
- var / yok →The "var" in "beşe on var" (ten to five).
Frequently Asked Questions: Numbers & Time
How do you write numbers in Turkish words?
Say the parts from largest to smallest: thousands, hundreds, tens, ones. 1,984 is 'bin dokuz yüz seksen dört'. 100 is just 'yüz' (never 'bir yüz') and 1,000 is just 'bin' (never 'bir bin'), but 1,000,000 is 'bir milyon'. The official spelling (TDK) writes each number word separately: 'on bir', 'dört yüz'.
How are Turkish ordinal numbers formed?
Add -(I)ncI to the last word, following 4-way vowel harmony: birinci, ikinci, üçüncü, dokuzuncu. After a vowel the first vowel of the suffix drops (iki → ikinci, altı → altıncı), and dört softens to dördüncü. In writing, use a full stop or an apostrophe: 3. or 3'üncü.
How do you say prices in Turkish lira and kuruş?
Say the lira amount, then the kuruş: 25,50 TL is 'yirmi beş lira elli kuruş'. In formal texts the currency is 'Türk lirası' (lowercase lirası, per TDK), abbreviated TL or ₺. Turkish writes decimals with a comma and groups thousands with a dot: 1.250,75 TL.
How do you read decimals and negative numbers in Turkish?
The decimal comma is read 'virgül': 3,5 is 'üç virgül beş' and 3,05 is 'üç virgül sıfır beş'. Negative numbers take 'eksi': -5 is 'eksi beş' (eksi beş derece = minus five degrees). Half can also be 'buçuk': iki buçuk = 2.5.
What are distributive numbers in Turkish?
Distributive numbers mean 'each' or 'at a time'. They take -(ş)Ar: birer (one each), ikişer (two each), dörder, altışar. With round thousands and millions the suffix goes on the multiplier: ikişer bin (2,000 each), birer milyon (a million each).
What is the difference between 'saat kaç' and 'saat kaçta'?
'Saat kaç?' asks what time it is now: 'Saat dokuzu çeyrek geçiyor' (it's quarter past nine), 'Saat ona çeyrek var' (it's quarter to ten). 'Saat kaçta?' asks at what time something happens: 'dokuzu çeyrek geçe' (at quarter past nine), 'ona çeyrek kala' (at quarter to ten), 'saat ikide' (at two).
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