பத்து

Tamil

Tamil numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  1	[a], [b] ←  9	௰ 10	11  → [a], [b]	20  → [a], [b]
		1[a], [b]
Cardinal: பத்து (pattu), தசம் (tacam)     Ordinal: பத்தாவது (pattāvatu), பத்தாம் (pattām)     Adjectival: பன் (paṉ), பதி (pati), தச (taca)     Fractional: இருமா (irumā)

Etymology

From Middle Tamil பஃது (paḥtu), from Old Tamil 𑀧𑀂𑀢𑀼 (paḥtu), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *paHtu (“ten”). Cognate with Malayalam പത്ത് (pattŭ), Kannada ಹತ್ತು (hattu), Telugu పది (padi), Tulu ಪತ್ತ್ (pattŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɐt̪ːʊ/, [pɐt̪ːɯ]

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Numeral

பத்து • (pattu)

1. ten

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022), “பத்து”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]