ས་ཡ

Tibetan

Tibetan numbers ^(edit)

←  1,000	←  100,000	1,000,000 (106)	10,000,000 (107)  →	1,000,000,000 (109)  →
Cardinal: ས་ཡ (sa ya)

Etymology

Compare Zhang-Zhung 𑲍𑲫𑲍𑲈𑲄 (slas 'dza), 𑲍𑲫𑲍𑲈𑲄𑲥 (slas 'dzwa, “million”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*sa.ja/
• Lhasa: /sa˥˥.ja˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*sa.ja/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: sa^f-ya^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /sa˥˥.ja˥˥/

Numeral

ས་ཡ • (sa ya)

1. million

Descendants

Descendants of Classical Tibetan ས་ཡ (sa ya):

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (say-a)
  • Mongolian:

    Mongolian script: ᠰᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (say-a)

    Cyrillic script: сая (saja)

  • → Buryat: сая (saja)