एक्काईस

Nepali

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Cardinal: एक्काइस (ekkāis), एक्काईस (ekkāīs) Ordinal: एक्काइसौँ (ekkāisa͠u), एक्काईसौँ (ekkāīsa͠u)

Etymology

Inherited from Khasa Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀻 (ekkavīsī)), from Sanskrit एकविंशति (ékaviṃśati), from एक (éka, “one”) + विंशति (viṃśatí, “twenty”). Cognate with Hindi इक्कीस (ikkīs), Bengali একুশ (ekuś), Oriya ଏକୋଇଶ (ekoiśô), Assamese একৈছ (ekois), Punjabi ਇੱਕੀ (ikkī) / اِکّی‎ (ikkī), Gujarati એકવીસ (ekavīs), Marathi एकवीस (ekvīs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ek̚käi̯s]

Phonetic Devanagari: एक्काइस्

Numeral

एक्काईस • (ekkāīs)

twenty-one

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḗkaviṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press