ਹਜ਼ਾਰ

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Punjabi

Punjabi numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  100 ੧,੦੦੦
1,000
10,000  →  1,000,000 (106)  → 
    Cardinal: ਹਜ਼ਾਰ (hazār)
    Ordinal: ਹਜ਼ਾਰਵਾਂ (hazārvā̃)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هزار (hazār). Compare Hindi हज़ार (hazār).

Numeral

ਹਜ਼ਾਰ (hazār) (Shahmukhi spelling ہزار)

  1. a thousand; one thousand
    Synonym: ਸਹੰਸ (sahansa) (archaic)

References

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਜ਼ਾਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.