तीन

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Bhojpuri

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्रि (trí), त्रीणि n (trīṇi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

तीन (tīn) (Kaithi 𑂞𑂲𑂢)

  1. three (3)
    Number in Devanāgarī script: (३)

Hindi

Hindi numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: तीन (tīn)
    Ordinal: तीसरा (tīsrā), तृतीय (tŕtīya)
    Adverbial: तिबारा (tibārā)
    Multiplier: तिगुना (tigunā)
    Collective: तीनों (tīnõ)
    Fractional: तिहाई (tihāī)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi तीनि (tīni), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀺 (tiṇṇi), from त्रीणि n (trīṇi), the neuter form of Sanskrit त्रि (trí), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Punjabi ਤਿੰਨ (tinn), Gujarati ત્રણ (traṇ), Marathi तीन (tīn), Bengali তিন (tin), and distantly English three.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪iːn/,
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Numeral

तीन (tīn) (native script symbol , Urdu spelling تین) (cardinal)

  1. three (3)

References

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 241
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tīna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तीन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Konkani

Konkani cardinal numbers
 <  दोन तीन चार  > 
    Cardinal : तीन (tīn)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रीणि (trīṇi).

Pronunciation

Numeral

तीन (tīn) (Latin script tin, Kannada script ತೀನ)

  1. three

References

  • Angelus Francis Xavier Maffei (1883) An English-Konkani Dictionary: And A Konkani-English Dictionary, Mangalore: Basel Mission Press
  • Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet

Maithili

Maithili numbers (edit)
 ←  2
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: तीन (tīn)

Pronunciation

Numeral

तीन (tīn)

  1. three

Marathi

Marathi numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: तीन (tīn)
    Ordinal: तिसरे (tisre)
    Adverbial: तीनदा (tīndā)
    Multiplier: तिप्पट (tippaṭ)
    Collective: तिघे (tighe), तिन्ही (tinhī)
    Fractional: तृतीयांश (tŕtīyāuśa)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Numeral

तीन (tīn)

  1. three


Nepali

Nepali numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: तीन (tīna)
    Ordinal: तेस्रो (tesro)
    Multiplier: तीनगुना (tīnagunā)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Numeral

तीन (tīna)

  1. three