विंशति

Sanskrit

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Cardinal: विंशति (viṃśati)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwiHśatí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHĉati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwih₁ḱm̥ti (“two-ten”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (vīsaiti), Hindi बीस (bīs), Punjabi ਵੀਹ (wīh), Persian ‎ (bist), Kurdish bîst, Khotanese bistä (bistä), Ossetian инсӕй (insæj), Old Armenian քսան (kʿsan), Albanian (një)zet, Latin vīgintī, Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi), Old Irish fiche, Tocharian A wiki.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋĩ.ɕɐ.t̪í/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋĩ.ɕɐ.t̪i/

Numeral

विंशति • (viṃśatí)

twenty, a score (with a noun either in genitive or in apposition, e.g.)
विंशतिर् घटानाम् ― viṃśatir ghaṭānām ― 20 jars
विंशत्या हरिभिः ― viṃśatyā haribhiḥ ― with 20 horses

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit:
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Bishnupriya Manipuri: বিশ (biś)
  - Old Assamese:
    - Assamese: বিশ (bix)
    - Hajong: বিশ (bis)
  - Old Bengali:
    - Bengali: বিশ (biś)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï)
  - Dhivehi: ވިހި‎ (vihi)
  - Konkani: वीस (vīs)
  - Old Marathi:
    - Marathi: वीस (vīs)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    - Gujarati: વીસ (vīs)
  - Pahari:
    - Nepali: बीस (bīsa)
  - Punjabi: ਵੀਹ (vīh)
  - Romani:
    - Kalo Finnish Romani: biȟ
  - Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    - Hindi: बीस (bīs)
    - Urdu: بیس‎ (bīs)
Dardic:
- Kashmiri: وُہ‎ (vuh)
Pali: vīsati

References

Monier Williams (1899), “विंशति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0953.