सोलह
Hindi
| ← 15 | १६ 16 |
17 → [a], [b] |
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| Cardinal: सोलह (solah) Ordinal: सोलहवाँ (solahvā̃) | ||
Alternative forms
- सोला (solā) — pronunciation spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa सोलह (solaha), सोळह (soḷaha), from Prakrit सोळस (soḷasa), from Sanskrit षोडश (ṣóḍaśa), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáẓḍaśa.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /soː.ləɦ/, [soː.lɛʱ]
- (colloquial, dialectal) (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /soː.lɑː/, [soː.läː]
Numeral
सोलह • (solah) (Urdu spelling سولہ) (cardinal)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सोलह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Madhusudan Mishra (1992), A Grammar of Apabhraṃśa[1], Vidyanidhi Prakashan, →LCCN, page 200