सउ

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀤 (sada), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀢 (sata), from Sanskrit शत (śata), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śatám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘹 (śye).

Numeral

सउ • (saü)

1. hundred

Descendants

• Gujarati: સો (so)
• Marwari: सौ (sau)

References

• Ernest Bender (1951) Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 366.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press