দেড়

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali দেঢ় (deṛh), from Old Bengali দেঢ (deḍha), from Prakrit *𑀤𑁂𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*deaḍḍha), from Sanskrit *द्वैयर्ध (dvaiyardha), vriddhi of द्व्यर्ध (dvyardha, “one and a half”, literally “[a full one and] half of the second”), from द्वि (dvi, “two”) +‎ अर्ध (ardha​, “half”). Cognate with Assamese ডেৰ (der), Odia ଡେଢ଼ (ḍeṛhô), Maithili 𑂙𑂵𑂜 (ḍeṛh), Bhojpuri डेढ़ (ḍēṛh), Punjabi ਡੇਢ (ḍeḍh) / ڈیڈھ (ḍeḍh), Sindhi ڊ۽ڍُ (ḍeḍhu), Churahi डेड्ढ (ḍeḍḍh), Nepali डेड़ (ḍeṛ), Awadhi डेढ़ (ḍeṛh), Hindustani डेढ़ (ḍeṛh) / دیڑھ (ḍeṛh), Konkani देड (deḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪eɽ/, [ˈd̪eɽ], /d̪eɾ/, [ˈd̪eɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪eɹ/, [ˈd̪eɹ]

Numeral

দেড় • (deṛ)

1. one and a half; 1.5

Noun

দেড় • (deṛ)

1. (time) half past one; 1:30

See also

• আড়াই (aṛai)
• সাড়ে (śaṛe)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dvyardha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 382