தொள்ளாயிரம்
Tamil
[edit]| [a], [b] ← 800 | ௯௱ 900 |
1,000 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| 90 | ||
| Cardinal: தொள்ளாயிரம் (toḷḷāyiram) Ordinal: தொள்ளாயிரமாவது (toḷḷāyiramāvatu) | ||
Etymology
[edit]From தொள்- (toḷ-, “nine”, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *toṇ (“nine”)) + ஆயிரம் (āyiram, “thousand”), contraction of தொகைதள்ளாயிரம் (tokaitaḷḷāyiram, “hundred less for thousand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Numeral
[edit]தொள்ளாயிரம் • (toḷḷāyiram)
References
[edit]- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தொள்ளாயிரம்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]