षड्विंशति

Sanskrit

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Cardinal: षड्विंशति (ṣaḍviṃśati)

Etymology

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Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ)

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *dwih₁ḱm̥ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati

Sanskrit विं॒श॒ति (viṃśatí)

Sanskrit षड्विंशति (ṣaḍviṃśati)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáẓḍwiHśati, from *ṣwáṭṣ (“six”) and *HwiHśatí (“twenty”). See षष् (ṣáṣ) and विंशति (viṃśatí).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʂɐ́ɖ.ʋĩ.ɕɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʂɐɖ.ʋĩ.ɕɐ.t̪i/

Numeral

षड्विं॑शति • (ṣáḍviṃśati) (cardinal number)

1. twenty-six

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀲𑀟𑀼𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (saḍuvīsati)
  • Prakrit: 𑀙𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀲 (chavvīsa) (see there for further descendants)
• Pali: chabīsati
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: शवुह् (śawuh)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣáḍviṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 742