𑀩𑀸𑀭𑀲

Prakrit

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Cardinal: 𑀩𑀸𑀭𑀲 (bārasa)

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀸𑀭𑀳 (bāraha) — Late Prakrit, Apabhraṃśa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH

Sanskrit द्व (dva)

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća

Sanskrit दश (daśa)

Sanskrit द्वादश (dvādaśa)

Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀭𑀲 (bārasa)

Inherited from Sanskrit द्वादश (dvādaśa).

Numeral

𑀩𑀸𑀭𑀲 (bārasa) (Devanagari बारस, Gujarati બારસ, Kannada ಬಾರಸ) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) (cardinal number)

1. twelve

Descendants

• Eastern:
  • Fiji Hindi: baarah
  • Assamese: বাৰ (bar)
  • Bengali: বারো (barō)
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: বারো (baro)
  • Odia: ବାର (bāra)
• → Dhivehi: ބާރަ (bāra) (semi-learned)
• Southern:
  • Old Marathi: 𑘤𑘰𑘨𑘰 (bārā), 𑘤𑘰𑘨𑘭𑘲 (bārasī), 𑘤𑘰𑘨𑘭𑘹𑘽 (bāraseṃ)
    • Marathi: बारा (bārā), बारस (bāras), बारसे (bārse)
• Central:
  • Gujarati: બાર (bār)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: बारह (bārah), बारस (bāras)
    • Urdu: بارہ (bārah)
  • Nepali: बाह्र (bāhra)
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਰਾਂ (bārā̃)

References

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