અઢી

Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰas

Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha)

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyasder.

Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya)

Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya)

Gujarati અઢી (aḍhī)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya, “[two full ones and] the half of the third”). Cognate with Hindustani ڈھَائِی / ढाई (ḍhāī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈə.ɖʱi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: અ‧ઢી

Numeral

અઢી • (aḍhī)

1. two and a half (5/2, 2 1/2, 2.5)
2. (time) half past two

Further reading

• ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “અઢી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 124.
• “અઢી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.