𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲

Prakrit

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Cardinal: 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲 (ĕkkavīsa)

Alternative forms

• 𑀏𑀕𑀯𑀻𑀲 (egavīsa)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit एकविंशति (ekaviṃśati).

Numeral

𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲 (ĕkkavīsa) (Devanagari एक्कवीस, Kannada ಎಕ್ಕವೀಸ) (Maharastri, Sauraseni) (cardinal number)

1. twenty-one

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: একৈছ (ekois)
  • Bengali: একুশ (ekuś)
  • Odia: ଏକୋଇଶ (ekoiśô)
  • Sylheti: ꠄꠇꠂꠡ (exoiśo)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi: 𑘊𑘎𑘪𑘲𑘭 (ekavīsa)
    • Marathi: एकवीस (ekvīs)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀻 (ekkavīsī)
  • Gujarati: એકવીસ (ekavīs)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: इक्कीस (ikkīs)

    Urdu: اکیس (ikkīs)

  • Nepali: एक्काईस (ekkāīs)
  • Punjabi: ਇੱਕੀ (ikkī) / اِکّی (ikkī)
  • Sindhi: एकीह / ايڪِيهَ (ekīha)
• → Dhivehi: އެކާވީސް (ekāvīs)

References

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