અઢી

Gujarati

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-
    Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰas
    Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha)
    Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyasder.
    Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya)
    Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya)
    Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
    Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya)
    Gujarati અઢી (aḍhī)

    Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya, “[two full ones and] the half of the third”). Cognate with Hindustani ڈھَائِی / ढाई (ḍhāī).

    Pronunciation

    Numeral

    અઢી • (aḍhī)

    1. two and a half (5/2, 2 1/2, 2.5)
    2. (time) half past two

    Further reading

    • ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “અઢી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 124.
    • “અઢી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
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