ས་ཡ

Tibetan

**Tibetan numbers ^(edit)**
← 1,000	← 100,000	༡༠༠༠༠༠༠ 1,000,000 (10⁶)	10,000,000 (10⁷) →	1,000,000,000 (10⁹) →
Cardinal: ས་ཡ (sa ya)

Etymology

Compare Zhang-Zhung 𑲍𑲫𑲍𑲈𑲄 (slas 'dza), 𑲍𑲫𑲍𑲈𑲄𑲥 (slas 'dzwa, “million”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*sa.ja/
Lhasa: /sa˥˥.ja˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*sa.ja/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: sa^f-ya^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /sa˥˥.ja˥˥/

Numeral

ས་ཡ • (sa ya)

million

Descendants

Descendants of Classical Tibetan ས་ཡ (sa ya):

→ Classical Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (say-a)
- Mongolian:
  Mongolian script: ᠰᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (say-a)
  
  Cyrillic script: сая (saja)
- → Buryat: сая (saja)