সহস্র

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Bengali

Bengali numbers (edit)
 ←  100 ১,০০০
1,000
10,000  →  1,000,000 (106)  → ,
    Cardinal: হাজার (hajar)
    Sanskritic cardinal: সহস্র (śohosro)
    Ordinal: সহস্রতম (śohosrotom)
    Multiplier: সহস্রগুণ (śohosrogun)
    Number of years: সহস্রাব্দ (śohosrabdo)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom; cognate with Classical Persian هزار (hazār) (whence Bengali হাজার (hajar)), Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi) (whence English kilo-) and Latin mille (whence English mile, million, milli-).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔhosɾo/,
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔhosɹo/,
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Numeral

সহস্র (sôhôsrô)

  1. thousand

Synonyms