चतुर्विंशति

Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
← 23	२४ 24	25 →
Cardinal: चतुर्विंशति (caturviṃśati) Ordinal: चतुर्विंश (caturviṃśa), चतुर्विंशतितम (caturviṃśatitama) Multiplier: चतुर्विंशतिधा (caturviṃśatidhā)

Alternative scripts

চতুৰ্বিংশতি (Assamese script)
ᬘᬢᬸᬃᬯᬶᬂᬰᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
চতুর্বিংশতি (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰝𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰽𑰫𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀰𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
စတုရွိံၐတိ (Burmese script)
ચતુર્વિંશતિ (Gujarati script)
ਚਤੁਰ੍ਵਿਂਸ਼ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌶𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦠꦸꦂꦮꦶꦁꦯꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂞𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂁𑂬𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಚತುರ್ವಿಂಶತಿ (Kannada script)
ចតុវ៌ិំឝតិ (Khmer script)
ຈຕຸຣ຺ວິໍຨຕິ (Lao script)
ചതുര്വിംശതി (Malayalam script)
ᢜᠠᢠᡠᡵᢀ᠋ᠸᡳᡧᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘝𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘽𑘫𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢋᠠᢐᠤᠷᢀ᠋ᠸᠢᠱᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑦽𑧔𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧒𑧞𑧋𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐟𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐶𑑄𑐱𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଚତୁର୍ଵିଂଶତି (Odia script)
ꢗꢡꢸꢬ꣄ꢮꢶꢀꢯꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆠𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆁𑆯𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖝𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖽𑖫𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
චතුර්‍විංශති (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩫𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑪖𑩿𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚙𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚫𑚧𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
சதுர்விஂஶதி (Tamil script)
చతుర్వింశతి (Telugu script)
จตุรฺวิํศติ (Thai script)
ཙ་ཏུ་རྭིཾ་ཤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒞𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒱𑓀𑒬𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨙𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨸𑨮𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of चतुर् (cátur) +‎ विंशति (viṃśatí).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́.tuɾ.ʋĩ.ɕɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.t̪uɾ.ʋĩ.ɕɐ.t̪i/

Numeral

चतुर्विंशति • (cáturviṃśati) f

twenty-four
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.8:
  चतुर्विꣳशतिम् अन्व् आह चतुर्विꣳशतिर् अर्धमासाः संवत्सरः
  caturviṃśatim anv āha caturviṃśatir ardhamāsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ
  Twenty-four (verses) he recites; (and) the year has twenty-four half-months.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of चतुर्विंशति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चतुर्विंशतिः (cáturviṃśatiḥ)	चतुर्विंशती (cáturviṃśatī)	चतुर्विंशतयः (cáturviṃśatayaḥ)
accusative	चतुर्विंशतिम् (cáturviṃśatim)	चतुर्विंशती (cáturviṃśatī)	चतुर्विंशतीः (cáturviṃśatīḥ)
instrumental	चतुर्विंशत्या (cáturviṃśatyā) चतुर्विंशती¹ (cáturviṃśatī¹)	चतुर्विंशतिभ्याम् (cáturviṃśatibhyām)	चतुर्विंशतिभिः (cáturviṃśatibhiḥ)
dative	चतुर्विंशतये (cáturviṃśataye) चतुर्विंशत्यै² (cáturviṃśatyai²) चतुर्विंशती¹ (cáturviṃśatī¹)	चतुर्विंशतिभ्याम् (cáturviṃśatibhyām)	चतुर्विंशतिभ्यः (cáturviṃśatibhyaḥ)
ablative	चतुर्विंशतेः (cáturviṃśateḥ) चतुर्विंशत्याः² (cáturviṃśatyāḥ²) चतुर्विंशत्यै³ (cáturviṃśatyai³)	चतुर्विंशतिभ्याम् (cáturviṃśatibhyām)	चतुर्विंशतिभ्यः (cáturviṃśatibhyaḥ)
genitive	चतुर्विंशतेः (cáturviṃśateḥ) चतुर्विंशत्याः² (cáturviṃśatyāḥ²) चतुर्विंशत्यै³ (cáturviṃśatyai³)	चतुर्विंशत्योः (cáturviṃśatyoḥ)	चतुर्विंशतीनाम् (cáturviṃśatīnām)
locative	चतुर्विंशतौ (cáturviṃśatau) चतुर्विंशत्याम्² (cáturviṃśatyām²) चतुर्विंशता¹ (cáturviṃśatā¹)	चतुर्विंशत्योः (cáturviṃśatyoḥ)	चतुर्विंशतिषु (cáturviṃśatiṣu)
vocative	चतुर्विंशते (cáturviṃśate)	चतुर्विंशती (cáturviṃśatī)	चतुर्विंशतयः (cáturviṃśatayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: ژۆوُہ (ċovuh)
Pali: catuvīsati
Prakrit: 𑀘𑀉𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (caüvīsaï), 𑀘𑀉𑀯𑀻𑀲 (caüvīsa), 𑀘𑁅𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀲 (cauvvīsa)
- Central:
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: चौबिस (caubis)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: caubīs
      - Hindi: चौबीस
      - Urdu: چَوبِیس (caubīs)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: চৌবিশ (soubix)
    - Bengali: চব্বিশ (cobbiś)
    - Odia: ଚବିଶ (cabiśa)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Garhwali: चोबिस (cobis)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: चौबिस (caubis)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: [script needed] (ċöbbi)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Lahnda: [script needed] (côvī), چوی (cavvī)
      - Punjabi: cauvī
        Gurmukhi script: ਚੌਵੀ
        
        Shahmukhi script: چَووِی
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: covīh
        Arabic script: چووِيه
        
        Devanagari script: चोवीह
        
        Jadgali: [script needed] (caubi)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Sinhalese: සූවිස්ස (sūwissa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: चव्वीस (ċavvīs), चोवीस (ċovīs)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: ચોવીસ (covīs)
- → Dhivehi: ސައުވީސް (sauvīs)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “चतुर्विंशति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 385, column 1.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cáturviṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 250
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “caturviṃśati”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.