एक्काईस

Nepali

Etymology

From 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 (ekī) / اِکّی‎ (ikkī), Gujarati એકવીસ (ekavīs), Marathi एकवीस (ekvīs).

Numeral

एक्काईस • (ekkāīsa), pronounced एक्काइस् (ekkāis)

twenty-one

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḗkaviṁśati (2476)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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