Etymology
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Borrowed from Arabic مِلْيار (milyār), from French milliard.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /milˈjaːr/, [mɪlˈjaːɾ]
- Hyphenation: milyaar
milyáar m
- billion
Usage notes
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- When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
- Milyáar númu. ― A billion people.
- When counting, the predicative case is used.
Declension
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Declension of milyáar
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absolutive
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milyáar
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predicative
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milyáara
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subjective
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milyáar
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genitive
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milyáar
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References
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- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197