dhjetë

Albanian
Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dhjetë

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *djeth + -të, from Proto-Albanian *detsa, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Initial dh- from decimal compounds like tridhjetë (“thirty”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ðjetə/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /ðjɛt(ə)/, /ðɛt/ (Gheg)

Numeral

dhjetë

  1. ten

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhjetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
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