बावन

Hindi

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Cardinal: बावन (bāvan)     Ordinal: बावनवाँ (bāvanvā̃)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀯𑀡 (bāvaṇa), 𑀩𑀸𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (bāvaṇṇa), from Sanskrit द्वापञ्चाशत् (dvāpañcāśat).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ʋən/, [bäː.ʋɐ̃n]

Numeral

बावन • (bāvan) (Urdu spelling باوَن) (cardinal)

1. fifty-two

   बावन तोले पाव रत्ती ― bāvan tole pāv rattī ― to the last grain, absolutely precisely (literally, “fifty-two and tolās and one-fourth rattī [one ninety-sixth of a tolā]”)

   यह बात बावन तोले पाव रत्ती ठीक है।

   yah bāt bāvan tole pāv rattī ṭhīk hai.

   This is absolutely correct.

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बावन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 728
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बावन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 455.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बावन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 519
• “बावन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dvāpañcāśat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380