بیست

See also: بيست and بئست

Baluchi

Numeral

بیست • (bíst)

1. twenty

See also

• گیست (gíst)

Central Kurdish

Central Kurdish cardinal numbers

<  ۱۹	۲۰	۲۱  >
Cardinal : بیست (bîst)     Ordinal : بیستەم (bîstem)     Ordinal II : بیستەمین (bîstemîn)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HwiHcati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati, Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwih₁ḱm̥ti. Compare Persian بیست (bist).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːst/

Numeral

بیست (bîst)

1. twenty; 20

Persian

Persian numbers ^(edit)

		200[a], [b]
←  10	[a], [b] ←  19	۲۰ 20	21  →	30  →
		2
Cardinal: بیست (bist)     Ordinal: بیستم (bistom)

Dari	بیست
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бист

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wyst' /⁠wīst⁠/) (Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫇𐫏𐫘𐫤 (wyst /⁠wīst⁠/) ) Old Persian 𐎻𐎡𐎰𐎫 (vi-i-θ-t /⁠*wīθati⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HwiHcati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati from Proto-Indo-European *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːst/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [biːst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bist̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːst̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bist̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	bīst
Dari reading?	bīst
Iranian reading?	bist
Tajik reading?	bist

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -iːst

Numeral

بیست • (bist) (Persian numeral ۲۰)

1. twenty