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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali দেঢ় (deṛh), from Old Bengali দেঢ (deḍha), from Prakrit *𑀤𑁂𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*deaḍḍha), from Sanskrit *দ্ৱৈযর্ধ (dbaïyardha), vriddhi of দ্ৱ্যর্ধ (dbyardha, “one and a half”, literally “ half of the second”), from द्वि (dvi, “two”) + अर्ध (ardha, “half”). Cognate with Assamese ডেৰ (der), Odia ଡେଢ଼ (ḍeṛha), Maithili 𑂙𑂵𑂜 (ḍeṛh), Bhojpuri डेढ़ (ḍēṛh), Punjabi ਡੇਢ (ḍeḍh) / ڈیڈھ (ḍeḍh), Sindhi ڊ۽ڍُ (ḍeḍhu), Churahi डेड्ढ (ḍeḍḍh), Nepali डेड़ (ḍeṛ), Awadhi डेढ़ (ḍeṛh), Hindustani डेढ़ (ḍeṛh) / دیڑھ (ḍeṛh), Konkani देड (deḍ).
Pronunciation
Numeral
দেড় • (deṛ)
- one and a half; 1.5
Noun
দেড় • (deṛ)
- (time) half past one; 1:30
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