Albanian

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Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dhjetë

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *djeth + -, from Proto-Albanian *detsa, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Initial dh- from decimal compounds like tridhjetë (thirty).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ðjetə/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /ðjɛt(ə)/, /ðɛt/ (Gheg)

Numeral

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dhjetë

  1. ten
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhjetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 84