Old Hindi

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Etymology

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From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya).

Numeral

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अढाई (aḍhāī) (cardinal number)

  1. two and a half

Descendants

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  • Hindi: ढाई (ḍhāī)

References

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhatr̥tīya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press