अब्ज

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Marathi

Marathi numbers (edit)
 ←  1,000,000 (106) [a], [b] ←  100,000,000 (108) १, ००, ००, ००, ०००
1,000,000,000 (109)
    Cardinal: अब्ज (abja)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /əb.d͡ʑə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अब्ज (abja) or from Sanskrit अर्बुद (arbuda). Compare Hindi अरब (arab).

Numeral

अब्ज (abja)

  1. billion; 1,000,000,000
    Synonyms: अरव (arav), अर्व (arva)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit अप् (ap, water) + (ja, produced from).

Noun

अब्ज (abjan

  1. a lotus

References

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अब्ज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “अब्ज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अब्ज”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1,000,000 (106)  ←  100,000,000 (108) १०००००००००
1,000,000,000 (109)
10,000,000,000 (1010)  →  1012  → 
    Cardinal: अब्ज (abja), महार्बुद (mahārbuda)

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Related to अर्बुद (arbuda, 100 millions).

Noun

अब्ज (abja) stemf

  1. 100 crores or 1 billion
Descendants
  • Hindi: अब्ज (abj)
  • Malayalam: അബ്‌ജം (ab‌jaṁ)

Etymology 2

From Vedic Sanskrit अप् (ap, water) and (ja, born of), therefore "born of water".

Noun

अब्ज (abjam

  1. lotus
Descendants