𑀘𑀸𑀆𑀮𑀻𑀲

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Prakrit

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Prakrit numbers (edit)
 ←  30  ←  38 𑁪𑁦
40
50  → [a], [b]
4[a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal: 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀮𑀻𑀲 (cattālīsa), 𑀘𑀸𑀆𑀮𑀻𑀲 (cāālīsa)

Etymology

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Alteration of 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀮𑀻𑀲𑀁 (cattālīsaṃ), from Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśat). The loss of -tt- parallels its loss in 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺 (cattari) > Old Hindi चारि (cāri), etc, probably through inflected forms like चतुरः (caturaḥ), where the intervocalic -t- would be regularly lost.

Numeral

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𑀘𑀸𑀆𑀮𑀻𑀲 (cāālīsa) (Devanagari चाआलीस, Kannada ಚಾಆಲೀಸ) (Śaurasenī, Māhārāṣṭrī) (cardinal number)

  1. forty

Descendants

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References

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