χίλιοι

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
10,000
 ←  100  ←  900 ͵α
1,000
2,000  →  10,000  → 
100
    Cardinal: χῑ́λῐοι (khī́lioi)
    Ordinal: χῑλῐοστός (khīliostós)
    Adverbial: χῑλῐάκῐς (khīliákis)

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Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy, from *ǵʰes-, whence χείρ (kheír)), as if meaning “full hand”. Cognates include Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra) and Latin mīlle.

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Numeral

χῑ́λῐοι (khī́lioi) (feminine χῑ́λῐαι, neuter χῑ́λῐα)

  1. thousand

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