ग्यारह

Hindi

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Cardinal: ग्यारह (gyārah)     Ordinal: ग्यारहवाँ (gyārahvā̃)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi ग्यारह (gyāraha), a metathesis of इगारह (igāraha), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀕𑀸𑀭𑀲 (egārasa), from Sanskrit एकादश (ékādaśa). Cognate with Konkani इक्रा (ikrā), Marathi अकरा (akrā), Punjabi ਗਿਆਰਾਂ (giārā̃), Gujarati અગિયાર (agiyār), and Bengali এগারো (egarō).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡjɑː.ɾəɦ/, [ɡjäː.ɾɛʱ]
• (colloquial) (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡjɑː.ɾɑː/, [ɡjäː.ɾäː]
• (dialectal) (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡjɑː.ɾɛː/, [ɡjäː.ɾɛː]

Numeral

ग्यारह • (gyārah) (Urdu spelling گیارہ) (cardinal)

1. eleven

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ग्यारह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ग्यारह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ग्यारह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ग्यारह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press