तेरह
Hindi
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| Cardinal: तेरह (terah) Ordinal: तेरहवाँ (terahvā̃) | ||
Alternative forms
- तेरा (terā) — pronunciation spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi तेरह (teraha), from Apabhramsa तेरह (teraha), from Sauraseni Prakrit तेरस (terasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀟𑀰 (treḍaśa), 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁃𑀟𑀰 (traiḍaśa), 𑀢𑁂𑀤𑀲 (tedasa), Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyazdaśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyazdaća, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesdeḱm̥, from *tréyes (“three”) + *déḱm̥ (“ten”). The Middle Indo-Aryan forms appear to continue *trai- ~ *trayē- rather than Sanskrit त्रयोदश (tráyodaśa); compare Pali तेरस (terasa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪eː.ɾəɦ/, [t̪eː.ɾɛʱ]
- (colloquial, dialectal) (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪eː.ɾɑː/, [t̪eː.ɾäː]
- Homophone: तेरा (terā)
Numeral
तेरह • (terah) (Urdu spelling تیرہ) (cardinal)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तेरह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Madhusudan Mishra (1992), A Grammar of Apabhraṃśa[1], Vidyanidhi Prakashan, →LCCN