ग्यारह

Hindi

Hindi numbers (edit)
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11
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    Cardinal: ग्यारह (gyārah)
    Ordinal: ग्यारहवाँ (gyārahvā̃)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi ग्यारह (gyāraha), a metathesis of इगारह (igāraha), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀕𑀸𑀭𑀲 (egārasa), from Sanskrit एकादश (ékādaśa). Cognate with Konkani इक्रा (ikrā), Marathi अकरा (akrā), Punjabi ਗਿਆਰਾਂ (giārā̃), Gujarati અગિયાર (agiyār), and Bengali এগারো (egarō).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡjɑː.ɾəɦ/, [ɡjäː.ɾɛʱ]
  • (colloquial) (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡjɑː.ɾɑː/, [ɡjäː.ɾäː]
  • (dialectal) (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡjɑː.ɾɛː/, [ɡjäː.ɾɛː]

Numeral

ग्यारह • (gyārah) (Urdu spelling گیارہ) (cardinal)

  1. eleven

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