सहस

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Chhattisgarhi

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Awadhi सहस (sahasa), from Ardhamagadhi Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Doublet of हजार (hajār).

    Numeral

    सहस (sahas)[1]

    1. thousand
      Synonym: हजार (hajār)

    References

    1. ^ चंद्राकर, चंद्रकुमार (2012) “सहस”, in वृहत् छत्तीसगढ़ी शब्दकोश [vŕhat chattīsgaṛhī śabdakoś, Large Chhattisgarhi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Raipur, Chhattisgarh: छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य हिंदी ग्रंथ अकादमी [Chhattisgarh Hindi Granth Academy], →ISBN, page 852, column 2.

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    Hindi

    Etymology

      Inherited from Middle Hindi سهس (shs /⁠sahas⁠/),[1] from Old Hindi सहस (sahasa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Doublet of सहस्र (sahasra) and हज़ार (hazār). Displaced by हज़ार (hazār).

      Pronunciation

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      सहस (sahas) (Urdu spelling سَہَس) (cardinal)

      1. (usually poetic or in compounds) thousand
        Synonyms: हज़ार (hazār), सहस्र (sahasra)
        मैदान में सहसों जन इकट्ठा हुए।
        maidān mẽ sahsõ jan ikaṭṭhā hue.
        Thousands of people assembled in the ground.

      References

      1. ^ سہس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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      Old Awadhi

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      सहस (sahasa) (Perso-Arabic سَہَس) (cardinal number)

      1. Devanagari script form of 𑂮𑂯𑂮 (thousand)
        • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā :
          सहस बदन तुम्हरो जस गावैं ।
          अस कहि श्रीपति कंठ लगावैं ॥
          sahasa badana tumharo jasa gāvaiṃ.
          asa kahi śrīpati kaṃṭha lagāvaiṃ.
          /sahas badan tumharo jas gāva͠i .
          as kahi śrīpati kaṇṭh lagāva͠i .
          /
          “A thousand mouths sing thy glories”: saying thus, Rāma embraced thee.

      Old Gujarati

      Etymology

        Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit सहस्स (sahassa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra), from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra).[1]

        Numeral

        सहस (sahasan[1]

        1. thousand

        References

        1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768:OG. sahasa n.