सहस

See also: साहस and सहसा

Chhattisgarhi

Etymology

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Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra)

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

Old Awadhi सहस (sahasa)

Chhattisgarhi सहस (sahas)

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

Numeral

सहस (sahas)

1. thousand

   Synonym: हजार (hajār)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768

Hindi

Etymology

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Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra)

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

Hindi सहस (sahas)

Inherited from Middle Hindi سهس (shs /⁠sahas⁠/), 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).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦəs/, [sɛ.ɦɛs]
• Rhymes: -əs

Numeral

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.

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra)

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

Old Awadhi सहस (sahasa)

Inherited from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra).

Numeral

सहस (sahasa) (Kaithi 𑂮𑂯𑂮, Perso-Arabic سَہَس)

1. 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.

Descendants

• Chhattisgarhi: सहस (sahas)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768

Old Gujarati

Etymology

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Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra)

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

Old Gujarati सहस (sahasa)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra).

Numeral

सहस • (sahasa)

1. thousand

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768