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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀯𑀡 (bāvaṇa), 𑀩𑀸𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (bāvaṇṇa), from Sanskrit द्वापञ्चाशत् (dvāpañcāśat).
Pronunciation
Numeral
باوَن • (bāvan) (Hindi spelling बावन) (cardinal number)
- fifty-two
- باوَن تولے پاؤ رَتِّی ― bāvan tole pāo rattī ― to the last grain, absolutely precisely (literally, “fifty-two and tolās and one-fourth rattī ”)
Further reading
- “باون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “باون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 98
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dvāpañcāśat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380