আড়াই

Inherited from Middle Bengali আঢ়াই (aṛhai), from Old Bengali আঢাই (āḍhāi), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya, “two and a half”, literally “[two full ones and] half of the third”).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /aɽai̯/, [ˈaɽai̯], /aɾai̯/, [ˈaɾai̯]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /aɹai̯/, [ˈaɹai̯]

আড়াই • (aṛai)

1. two and a half; 2.5

আড়াই • (aṛai)

1. (time) half past two; 2:30

• দেড় (deṛ)
• সাড়ে (śaṛe)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhatṛtīya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 29