بیس

See also: بئش, بيس, پیش, تیس, and بئس

Balti

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan བཞེས (bzhes).

Verb

بیس (byis)

1. (honorific) to eat
2. (honorific) to drink
3. (honorific) to smoke

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀸 (vīsā), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati), from Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśatí).

Cognates include Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsaⁱti), Northern Kurdish bîst, Khotanese [script needed] (bistä), Ossetian инсӕй (insæj), Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśati), and Punjabi ਵੀਹ (vīh).

Numeral

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

←  10	←  19	۲۰ 20	21  →	30  →
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Cardinal: بِیس (bīs)     Ordinal: بِیسْواں (bīsvā̃)

بِیس • (bīs) (Hindi spelling बीस)

1. twenty