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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi चौदह (caudaha), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀲 (caüddasa), from Sanskrit चतुर्दश (cáturdaśa). Cognate with Punjabi ਚੌਦਾਂ (caudā̃), Bengali চোদ্দ (cōddo), Nepali चौध (caudh), Marathi चौदा (caudā), and Gujarati ચૌદ (caud).
Pronunciation
Numeral
चौदह • (caudah) (Urdu spelling چودہ) (cardinal)
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References
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 241
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caudaha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 250