Albanian edit

Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dhjetë

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Numeral edit

dhjetë

  1. ten

Related terms edit

References edit

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