Chhattisgarhi

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Awadhi सहस (sahasa), from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Doublet of हजार (hajār).

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    सहस (sahas)[1]

    1. thousand
      Synonym: हजार (hajār)

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    1. ^ चंद्राकर, चंद्रकुमार [Chandrakar, Chandrakumar] (2012) “सहस”, in वृहत् छत्तीसगढ़ी शब्दकोश [vŕhat chattīsgaṛhī śabdakoś, Large Chhattisgarhi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Raipur, Chhattisgarh: छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य हिंदी ग्रंथ अकादमी [Chhattisgarh Hindi Granth Academy], →ISBN, page 852, column 2.

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    Hindi

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      Inherited from Middle Hindi سهس (shs /⁠sahas⁠/),[1] from Old Hindi सहस (sahasa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Doublet of सहस्र (sahasra) and हज़ार (hazār). Displaced by हज़ार (hazār).

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      सहस (sahas) (Urdu spelling سَہَس) (cardinal)

      1. (usually poetic or in compounds) thousand
        Synonyms: हज़ार (hazār), सहस्र (sahasra)
        मैदान में सहसों जन इकट्ठा हुए।
        maidān mẽ sahsõ jan ikaṭṭhā hue.
        Thousands of people assembled in the ground.

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      1. ^ سہس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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      • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सहस-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 998
      • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768
      • सहस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

      Old Awadhi

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      सहस (sahasa) (Perso-Arabic سَہَس) (cardinal number)

      1. Devanagari script form of 𑂮𑂯𑂮 (thousand)
        • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā :
          सहस बदन तुम्हरो जस गावैं ।
          अस कहि श्रीपति कंठ लगावैं ॥
          sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaiṃ.
          asa kahi śrīpati kaṃṭha lagāvaiṃ.
          /sahas badan tumharo jas gāva͠i .
          as kahi śrīpati kaṇṭh lagāva͠i .
          /
          “A thousand mouths sing thy glories”: saying thus, Rāma embraced thee.

      Old Gujarati

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra).[1]

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        सहस (sahasan[1]

        1. thousand

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        1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768:OG. sahasa n.