আঢ়ৈ
Appearance
Assamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (*aḍḍhāiya), from Sanskrit অৰ্ধতৃতীয (ardhatṛtīya). Cognate with Bengali আড়াই (aṛai), Odia ଅଢ଼େଇ (aṛhei), Hindi ढाई (ḍhāī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]আঢ়ৈ • (aṛhoi)
- two and a half
- আঢ়ৈ লাখ টকা
- arhoi lakh toka
- two-hundred and fifty thousand rupees
- (literally, “two and a half lakh rupees”)
- half past two
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhatr̥tīya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press