अब्ज

Marathi

Marathi numbers ^(edit)

←  1,000,000 (106)	[a], [b] ←  100,000,000 (108)	१, ००, ००, ००, ००० 1,000,000,000 (109)
Cardinal: अब्ज (abja)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अब्ज (abja) or from Sanskrit अर्बुद (arbuda). Compare Hindi अरब (arab).

Numeral

अब्ज • (abja)

1. billion; 1,000,000,000

   Synonyms: अर्व (arva), अरव (arav)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit अप् (ap, “water”) + ज (ja, “produced from”).

Noun

अब्ज • (abja) n

1. a lotus

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अब्ज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अब्ज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अब्ज”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press