لس

Pashto

Pashto cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : لس

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *las, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *lás,[1] from Proto-Iranian *dáca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.[2] Cognate with Persian ده (dah), Urdu دس (das).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /las/
  • (Afridi Dialect) IPA(key): /lɑs/

Numeral

لس • (las)

  1. ten

References

  1. ^ Julian Kreidl (2021) “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus
  2. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203

Persian

Etymology

Probably from dialectal or colloquial form of original *لست, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lad- (“slow, weary”). Akin to Mazanderani لس (lass, “slow”).

Adjective

لس • (las)

  1. (dated) lazy
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