एक्काईस
Nepali
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| Cardinal: एक्काइस (ekkāis), एक्काईस (ekkāīs) Ordinal: एक्काइसौँ (ekkāisa͠u), एक्काईसौँ (ekkāīsa͠u) | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Khasa Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀻 (ekkavīsī)), from Sanskrit एकविंशति (ékaviṃśati), from एक (éka, “one”) + विंशति (viṃśatí, “twenty”). Cognate with Hindi इक्कीस (ikkīs), Bengali একুশ (ekuś), Odia ଏକୋଇଶ (ekoiśô), Assamese একৈছ (ekois), Punjabi ਇੱਕੀ (ikkī) / اِکّی (ikkī), Gujarati એકવીસ (ekavīs), Marathi एकवीस (ekvīs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ek̚käi̯s]
- Phonetic Devanagari: एक्काइस्
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḗkaviṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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