बारह

Hindi

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Cardinal: बारह (bārah)     Ordinal: बारहवाँ (bārahvā̃)

Alternative forms

• बारा (bārā) — pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH

Sanskrit द्व (dva)

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća

Sanskrit दश (daśa)

Sanskrit द्वादश (dvādaśa)

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀭𑀲 (bārasa)

Hindi बारह

Inherited from Old Hindi बारह (bāraha), from Apabhramsa बारह (bāraha), from Sauraseni Prakrit बारस (bārasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁆𑀩𑀸𑀤𑀲 (dbādasa), from Sanskrit द्वादश (dvā́daśa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɾəɦ/, [bäː.ɾɛʱ]
• (colloquial, dialectal) (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɾɑː/, [bäː.ɾäː]

Numeral

बारह • (bārah) (Urdu spelling بارہ) (cardinal)

1. twelve

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बारह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Madhusudan Mishra (1992), A Grammar of Apabhraṃśa‎^[1], Vidyanidhi Prakashan, →LCCN, page 200