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अब्ज

Marathi edit

Marathi numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000,000 (106) [a], [b] ←  100,000,000 (108) १, ००, ००, ००, ०००
1,000,000,000 (109)
    Cardinal: अब्ज (abja)

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /əb.d͡ʑə/

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit अब्ज (abja) or from Sanskrit अर्बुद (arbuda). Compare Hindi अरब (arab).

Numeral edit

अब्ज • (abja)

  1. billion; 1,000,000,000
    Synonyms: अरव (arav), अर्व (arva)

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit अप् (ap, “water”) + ज (ja, “produced from”).

Noun edit

अब्ज • (abja) n

  1. a lotus

References edit

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अब्ज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अब्ज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अब्ज”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit edit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1,000,000 (106)  ←  100,000,000 (108) १०००००००००
1,000,000,000 (109) 		10,000,000,000 (1010)  →  1012  → 
    Cardinal: अब्ज (abja), महार्बुद (mahārbuda)

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Related to अर्बुद (arbuda, “100 millions”).

Noun edit

अब्ज • (abja) stem, f

  1. 100 crores or 1 billion
Descendants edit
  • Hindi: अब्ज (abj)
  • → Malayalam: അബ്‌ജം (ab‌jaṁ)

Etymology 2 edit

From Vedic Sanskrit अप् (ap, “water”) and ज (ja, “born of”), therefore "born of water".

Noun edit

अब्ज • (abja) m

  1. lotus
Descendants edit
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