विंशति

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: विंशति (viṃśati)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিংশতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬂᬰᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বিংশতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰽𑰫𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀰𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိံၐတိ (Burmese script)
• વિંશતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਂਸ਼ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌶𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦁꦯꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂁𑂬𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಂಶತಿ (Kannada script)
• វិំឝតិ (Khmer script)
• ວິໍຨຕິ (Lao script)
• വിംശതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠸᡳᡧᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘽𑘫𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠸᠢᠱᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧞𑧋𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑑄𑐱𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵିଂଶତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢀꢯꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆁𑆯𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖽𑖫𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• විංශති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑪖𑩿𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚫𑚧𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• விஂஶதி (Tamil script)
• వింశతి (Telugu script)
• วิํศติ (Thai script)
• ཝིཾ་ཤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑓀𑒬𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨸𑨮𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwih₁ḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsaⁱti), Persian بیست (bist), Old Armenian քսան (kʻsan), Latin vīgintī, Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi).

Pronunciation

• (Rigveda) IPA^(key): /ʋim.ɕɐ.tí/
• (Yajurveda chanting) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɡm̩.ɕɐ.t̪í/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋĩ.ɕɐ.t̪i/

Numeral

विंशति • (viṃśatí)

1. twenty, a score (with a noun either in genitive or in apposition, e.g.)

   विंशतिर् घटानाम् ― viṃśatir ghaṭānām ― 20 jars

   विंशत्या हरिभिः ― viṃśatyā haribhiḥ ― with 20 horses

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati)
  • Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲 (vīsa) (see there for further descendants)
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: وُہ (vuh)
• Pali: vīsati

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विंशति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0953.