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Gujarati
Etymology
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya) Gujarati અઢી (aḍhī)
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya, “ the half of the third”). Cognate with Hindustani ڈھَائِی / ढाई (ḍhāī).
Pronunciation
Numeral
અઢી • (aḍhī)
- two and a half (5/2, 2 1/2, 2.5)
- (time) half past two
Further reading
- ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “અઢી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 124.
- “અઢી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.