विसावे

See also: विसावा

Marathi

Marathi numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: वीस (vīs)     Ordinal: विसावे (visāve)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘲𑘭𑘰𑘪𑘹 (vīsāve), 𑘪𑘲𑘭𑘻𑘪𑘹 (vīsove), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀫 (vīsama) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit विंशतिम (viṃśatima).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /ʋi.sa.ʋe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʋi.sa.ʋə/
• Hyphenation: वि‧सा‧वे
• Rhymes: -a

Adjective

विसावे • (visāve) (ordinal number)

1. twentieth

   विसावे शतक ― visāve śatak ― twentieth century

   विसावा मजला ― visāvā maj̈lā ― twentieth floor

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विसवा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 767
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “viṁśatima”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 677: “M. vīsvā m. '20th part of a rukā'.”