আড়াই

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Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali আঢ়াই (aṛhai), from Old Bengali আঢাই (āḍhāi), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), from Late Prakrit *𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (*aḍḍhātiya), from Early Prakrit *𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀢𑀢𑀺𑀬 (*aḍḍhatatiya), from Vedic Sanskrit অর্ধতৃতীয় (ardhatṛtīya, “two and a half”, literally “ half of the third”), from अर्ध (ardha, “half”) +‎ तृतीय (tṛtīya, “third”). Cognate with Assamese আঢ়ৈ (arhoi), Odia ଅଢ଼ାଇ (aṛhāi), Maithili 𑂃𑂜𑂶𑂄 (aṛhaiā), Bhojpuri अढ़इया (aṛhaiyā), Gujarati અઢી (aḍhī), Kachchi અડી (aḍī), Churahi अढाए (aḍhāe), Bhadrawahi ढाई (ḍhāī), Kumaoni अढ़ाइ (aṛhāi), Nepali अड़ाइ (aṛāi), Awadhi अढ़ाई (aṛhāī), Hindustani ढाई (ḍhāī) / ڈھائی (ḍhāī), Punjabi ਢਾਈ (ḍhāī), Sindhi اڍآڪ (aḍhāī), Kashmiri ڈآؠ (ḍāy), Marathi अडीच (aḍīc), Konkani अड्डेच (aḍḍec).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /aɽai̯/, , /aɾai̯/,

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /aɹai̯/,

(Vanga) IPA^(key): /aɾai̯/, ,
(Varendra) IPA^(key): /aɾai̯/,

Numeral

আড়াই • (aṛai)

two and a half; 2.5

Noun

আড়াই • (aṛai)

(time) half past two; 2:30

See also

দেড় (deṛ)
সাড়ে (śaṛe)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhatṛtīya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 29

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