विंशति

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 بیست‎ (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.

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

विंशति • (viṃśatí)

1. 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

• 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

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