سہس

Old Awadhi

Numeral

سہس (shs /sahas/) (cardinal number)[1]

  1. Arabic script form of 𑂮𑂯𑂮 (thousand)

References

  1. ^ اَنْصارُ اْللّٰہ، مُحَمَّد [ansāru llāh, muhammad] (1978) “سہس”, in پَدْماوَت کِی مُخْتَصَر فَرْہَن٘گ [padmāvat kī muxtasar farhaṅg, A Short Padmāvat Dictionary] (in Urdu), 2nd edition, Aligarh: Letho Car Printers, page 139.

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi سهس (shs /⁠sahas⁠/),[1] from Old Hindi सहस (sahasa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Doublet of ہَزار (hazār). Displaced by ہَزار (hazār).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.ɦəs/, [sɛ.ɦɛs]
  • Hyphenation: سَ‧ہَس
  • Rhymes: -əs

Numeral

سَہَس • (sahas) (Hindi spelling सहस) (rare)

  1. thousand
    Synonym: ہَزار (hazār)

References

  1. ^ سہس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • سہس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.