𑀘𑀸𑀆𑀮𑀻𑀲

Prakrit

**Prakrit numbers ^(edit)**
← 30	← 36	𑁪𑁦 40	50 → ^{[a], [b]}
		4^{[a], [b], [c]}
Cardinal: 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀮𑀻𑀲 (cattālīsa), 𑀘𑀸𑀆𑀮𑀻𑀲 (cāālīsa)

Etymology

Alteration of 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀮𑀻𑀲𑀁 (cattālīsaṃ), from Sanskrit चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśat). The loss of -tt- parallels its loss in 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺 (cattari) > Old Hindi चारि (cāri), etc, probably through inflected forms like चतुरः (caturaḥ), where the intervocalic -t- would be regularly lost.

Numeral

𑀘𑀸𑀆𑀮𑀻𑀲 (cāālīsa) (Devanagari चाआलीस, Kannada ಚಾಆಲೀಸ) (attested in Śaurasenī, Māhārāṣṭrī) (cardinal number)

forty

Descendants

Central:
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  - Awadhi: चालीस (cālīs)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Hindustani: cālīs
    - Hindi: चालीस
    - Urdu: چَالِیس (cālīs)
      - Hindi: चाळीस (cāḷīs)
Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Assamese: চল্লিছ (sollis)
  - Bengali: চল্লিশ (colliś)
  - Bihari: चालीस (cālīs)
    - Bhojpuri: चालीस (cālīs)
  - Odia: ଚାଳିସ (cāḷisa)
Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
  - Central Pahari:
    - Garhwali: चाळीस (cāḷīs)
    - Kumaoni: चालीस (cālīs)
  - Eastern Pahari:
    - Nepali: चालिस (cālis)
  - Western Pahari:
    - Bhadrawahi: चालि (cāli)
    - Bhattiyali: चाळी (cāḷī)
    - Churahi: चाळ्ही (cāḷhī)
Northwestern:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Lahnda: چالی (cālī), چالھی (cālhī)
    - Punjabi: [script needed] (cālī)
      Gurmukhi script: ਚਾਲੀ
      
      Shahmukhi script: چَالِی
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Sindhi: cālīha
      Arabic script: چَالِيهَ
      
      Devanagari script: चालीह
Southern:
- Helu Prakrit:
  - Dhivehi: ސާޅީސް (sāḷīs)
  - Sinhalese: සතළිහ (sataḷiha)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
  - Marathi: चाळीस (ċāḷīs)
Western:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Saurashtra: ꢗꢳꢷꢱ꣄ (caḷīs)
  - Old Gujarati:
    - Gujarati: ચાળીશ (cāḷīś)
    - Old Marwari: च्यारीस (cyārīs)

References

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