अड़तालीस

Hindi

**Hindi numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: अड़तालीस (aṛtālīs) Ordinal: अड़तालीसवाँ (aṛtālīsvā̃)

Etymology

From a corruption of Apabhramsa अठतालिस (aṭhatālisa) in which the aspirated unvoiced stop ठ (ṭha) was deaspirated and voiced as ड (ḍa). Further from Prakrit अट्ठतालीस (aṭṭhatālīsa), from Sanskrit अष्टाचत्वारिंशत् (aṣṭā́catvāriṃśat).^[1]

More information

Compare Punjabi ਅਠਤਾਲ਼ੀ (aṭhatāḷī) / اَٹھتاࣇِیہہ (aṭhtāḷīh), which retained the earlier Apabhramsa ठ (ṭha) between अ (a) and त (ta). Also compare Gujarati અડતાળીસ (aṛtāḷīs), Prakrit अडयाल (aḍayāla) and Prakrit अडयालीस (aḍayālīsa), which have undergone a similar sound change.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /əɽ.t̪ɑː.liːs/, [ɐɽ.t̪äː.liːs]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -iːs
Hyphenation: अड़‧ता‧लीस

Numeral

अड़तालीस • (aṛtālīs) (Urdu spelling اَڑتالِیس) (cardinal)

forty-eight

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṣṭā́catvāriṁśat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 41: “H. aṛtālīs”

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṣṭā́catvāriṁśat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 41: “H. aṛtālīs”

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