𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲

Prakrit

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Cardinal: 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲 (ĕkkavīsa)

Alternative forms

𑀏𑀕𑀯𑀻𑀲 (egavīsa)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit एकविंशति (ekaviṃśati).

Numeral

𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲 (ĕkkavīsa) (Devanagari एक्कवीस, Kannada ಎಕ್ಕವೀಸ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) (cardinal number)

twenty-one

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: একৈছ (ekois)
- Bengali: একুশ (ekuś)
- Odia: ଏକୋଇଶ (ekoiśa)
- Sylheti: ꠄꠇꠂꠡ (exoiśo)
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Old Marathi: 𑘊𑘎𑘪𑘲𑘭 (ekavīsa)
  - Marathi: एकवीस (ekvīs)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀻 (ekkavīsī)
- Gujarati: એકવીસ (ekavīs)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: इक्कीस (ikkīs)
  
  Urdu: اکیس (ikkīs)
- Nepali: एक्काईस (ekkāīs)
- Punjabi: ਇੱਕੀ (ikkī) / اِکّی (ikkī)
- Sindhi: एकीह / ايڪِيهَ (ekīha)
→ Dhivehi: އެކާވީސް (ekāvīs)

References

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