தொள்ளாயிரம்

Tamil

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[a], [b] ←  800	௯௱ 900	1,000  → [a], [b]
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Cardinal: தொள்ளாயிரம் (toḷḷāyiram)     Ordinal: தொள்ளாயிரமாவது (toḷḷāyiramāvatu)

Etymology

From தொள்- (toḷ-, “nine”, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *toṇ (“nine”)) +‎ ஆயிரம் (āyiram, “thousand”), contraction of தொகைதள்ளாயிரம் (tokaitaḷḷāyiram, “hundred less for thousand”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /t̪ɔɭːaːjɪɾɐm/

Numeral

தொள்ளாயிரம் • (toḷḷāyiram)

1. nine hundred

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தொள்ளாயிரம்”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]