उन्नीस

Inherited from Sanskrit ऊनविंशति (ūnaviṃśati), for which see Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀉𑀡𑀯𑀻𑀲 (aüṇavīsa). The gemination of n is phonologically unexpected. Possibly influenced by Punjabi ਉੰਨੀ (unnī).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊn.niːs/, [ʊ̃n.niːs]

उन्नीस • (unnīs) (Urdu spelling انیس) (cardinal)

1. nineteen

• उन्नीस बीस (unnīs bīs, “almost the same, more or less”)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “उन्नीस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press