विंशति

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Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: विंशति (viṃśati)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ৱিংশতি (Assamese script)
ᬯᬶᬂᬰᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
বিংশতি (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰰𑰽𑰫𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀰𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဝိံၐတိ (Burmese script)
વિંશતિ (Gujarati script)
ਵਿਂਸ਼ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌶𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦶꦁꦯꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂱𑂁𑂬𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ವಿಂಶತಿ (Kannada script)
វិំឝតិ (Khmer script)
ວິໍຨຕິ (Lao script)
വിംശതി (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᠸᡳᡧᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘱𑘽𑘫𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠸᠢᠱᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧒𑧞𑧋𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐶𑑄𑐱𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଵିଂଶତି (Odia script)
ꢮꢶꢀꢯꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆴𑆁𑆯𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖰𑖽𑖫𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
විංශති (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩑𑪖𑩿𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚮𑚫𑚧𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
விஂஶதி (Tamil script)
వింశతి (Telugu script)
วิํศติ (Thai script)
ཝིཾ་ཤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒱𑓀𑒬𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨁𑨸𑨮𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwih₁ḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsaⁱti), Persian (bist), Old Armenian քսան (kʻsan), Latin vīgintī, Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi).

Pronunciation

(Rigveda) IPA^(key): /ʋim.ɕɐ.tí/
(Yajurveda chanting) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɡm̩.ɕɐ.t̪í/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋĩ.ɕɐ.t̪i/

Numeral

विंशति • (viṃśatí)

twenty, a score (with a noun either in genitive or in apposition, e.g.)
विंशतिर् घटानाम् ― viṃśatir ghaṭānām ― 20 jars

विंशत्या हरिभिः ― viṃśatyā haribhiḥ ― with 20 horses

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Bishnupriya Manipuri: বিশ (biś)
  - Early Assamese:
    - Assamese: বিশ (bix)
    - Hajong: বিশ (bis)
  - Old Bengali:
    - Bengali: বিশ (biś)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀇 (vīsaï)
  - Dhivehi: ވިހި (vihi)
  - Konkani: वीस (vīs)
  - Old Marathi:
    - Marathi: वीस (vīs)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀸 (vīsā), 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀤𑀺 (vīsadi) (see there for further descendants)
Dardic:
- Kashmiri: وُہ (vuh)
Pali: vīsati

References

Monier Williams (1899) “विंशति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0953.

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