𑂮𑂯𑂮

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom

Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram

Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra)

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

Old Awadhi 𑂮𑂯𑂮 (sahasa)

Inherited from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit 𑂮𑂯𑂮𑂹𑂩 (sahásra).

Numeral

𑂮𑂯𑂮 (sahasa) (Devanagari सहस, Perso-Arabic سَہَس) (cardinal number)

1. thousand
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā :

     𑂮𑂯𑂮 𑂥𑂠𑂢 𑂞𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂯𑂩𑂷 𑂔𑂮 𑂏𑂰𑂫𑂶𑂁 𑃀
     𑂃𑂮 𑂍𑂯𑂱 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂣𑂞𑂱 𑂍𑂁𑂘 𑂪𑂏𑂰𑂫𑂶𑂁 𑃁

     sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaiṃ .
     asa kahi śrīpati kaṃṭha lagāvaiṃ .

     /sahas badan tumharo jas gāva͠i .
     as kahi śrīpati kaṇṭh lagāva͠i ./

     “A thousand mouths sing thy glories”: saying thus, Rāma embraced thee.

Descendants

• Chhattisgarhi: सहस (sahas)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768: “OAw. sahasa”