সাড়ে

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali সাঢ়ে (saṛhe), from Old Bengali সাঢে (sāḍhe), genitive of সাঢ (sāḍha), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*sāḍḍha), from Sanskrit সার্ধ (sārdha, “plus a half”), from स (sa, “with”) +‎ अर्ध (ardha​, “half”). Cognate with Assamese চাৰে (sare), Odia ସାଢ଼େ (sāṛhe), Gujarati સાડા (sāḍā /⁠sāṛā⁠/), Punjabi ਸਾਢ (sāḍh), Sindhi سآڍُ (sāḍhu), Kashmiri سآڈ (sāḍ), Bhadrawahi साढो (sāḍho), Nepali साड़े (sāṛe), साढ़े (sāṛhe), Awadhi साढ़े (sāṛhe), Hindustani साढ़े (sāṛhe) / ساڑھے (sāṛhe), Marathi साढे (sāḍhe), साडे (sāḍe), Konkani साडे (sāḍe), साडि (sāḍi).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃaɽe/, [ˈʃaɽeˑ], /ʃaɾe/, [ˈʃaɾeˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃaɹe/, [ˈʃaɹeˑ]

Adjective

সাড়ে • (śaṛe)

1. plus a half (for values and denary multiples of three and up)
2. (time) half past (for hours three and up)

See also

• দেড় (deṛ)
• আড়াই (aṛai)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sārdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 771