ढाई
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Hindi अढाई (aḍhāī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya, “[two full ones and] the half of the third”). Cognate with Bengali আড়াই (aṛai), Assamese আঢ়ৈ (arhoi).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
ढाई • (ḍhāī) (Urdu spelling ڈھائی)
- two and a half
- ढाई लाख रुपये ― ḍhāī lākh rupye ― two-hundred and fifty thousand rupees (literally, “two and a half lakh rupees”)
- half past two
See also edit
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhatr̥tīya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press