Malayalam edit

Malayalam numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ആറ് (āṟŭ)
    Ordinal: ആറാം (āṟāṁ)
    Sanskritic ordinal: ഷഷ്ഠ (ṣaṣṭha)
    Adjectival: അറു- (aṟu-)
    Multiplier: ഷഷ് (ṣaṣŭ), ഷട് (ṣaṭŭ), ഷഡ് (ṣaḍŭ)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cāṯu.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

അറു- (aṟu-)

  1. six (only in compounds)

References edit

  • Kailash Nath (2019) “അറു-”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary