विंशति

Sanskrit

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Cardinal: विंशति (viṃśati)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

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

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Rigveda) IPA^(key): /ʋim.ɕɐ.tí/
• (Yajurveda chanting) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɡm̩.ɕɐ.t̪í/
• (Classical) 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)
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Bishnupriya Manipuri: বিশ (biś)
    • Early Assamese:
      • Assamese: বিশ (bix)
      • Hajong: বিশ (bis)
    • Old Bengali:
      • Bengali: বিশ (biś)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï)
    • Dhivehi: ވިހި‎ (vihi)
    • Konkani: वीस (vīs)
    • Old Marathi:
      • Marathi: वीस (vīs)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀸 (vīsā), 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀤𑀺 (vīsadi)
    • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
      • Gujarati: વીસ (vīs)
    • Pahari:
      • Nepali: बीस (bīs)
    • Punjabi: ਵੀਹ (vīh)
    • Romani: biś, bish; biš
      • Kalo Finnish Romani: biȟ
      • → Romanian: biștar
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Hindi: बीस (bīs)
      • Urdu: بیس‎ (bīs)
• 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.