सहस्र

• सहस्त्र (sahastra) — hypercorrect

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहस्र (sahasra). Doublet of हज़ार (hazār).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦəs.ɾᵊ/,
• (hypercorrect) (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦəs.t̪ɾᵊ/,

सहस्र • (sahasra) m (Urdu spelling سہسر) (cardinal)

1. (formal) thousand

   Synonym: हज़ार (hazār)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *saźʰásram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram (“thousand”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from *ǵʰéslom. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 (hazaŋra), Persian هزار (hezâr), Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi), Latin mīlle.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɦɐ́s.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐˈɦɐs̪.ɾɐ/

सहस्र • (sahásra) n (rarely m)

1. a thousand
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.62.8:

     प्र नू॒नं जा॑यताम॒यं मनु॒स्तोक्मे॑व रोहतु।
     यः स॒हस्रं॑ श॒ताश्वं॑ स॒द्यो दा॒नाय॒ मंह॑ते॥

     prá nūnáṃ jāyatāmayáṃ mánustókmeva rohatu.
     yáḥ sahásraṃ śatā́śvaṃ sadyó dānā́ya máṃhate.

     May this Manu (Sāvarṇi) quickly be born, may he increase like (well- watered) seed, who sends meat once a thousand and a hundred horses for a present.

सहस्र • (sahásra) stem

1. a thousandth or the thousandth

   Synonym: सहस्रतम (sahasratamá)

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭 (sahasra)
  • Prakrit: (see there for further descendants)

    Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

    Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀰𑀳𑀰𑁆𑀰 (śahaśśa)

    Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

    Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

    Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sahassa)

  • • Pali: sahassa
    • Prakrit: sahasira > sāsira
      • → Old Kannada: ಸಾಸಿರ (sāsira)
        • Kannada: ಸಾವಿರ (sāvira)
      • → Tulu: ಸಾವಿರ (sāvira), ಸಾರ (sāra)
      • → Old Tamil:
        • Tamil: ஆயிரம் (āyiram)
        • Malayalam: ആയിരം (āyiraṁ)
• Dhivehi: ހާސް (hās)
• Kashmiri: ساس (sās)
• Punjabi: ਸਹੰਸ (sahansa) (archaic)
• Saraiki: سَیہِنس (saihins)
• → Bengali: সহস্র (śôhôśrô)
• → Gujarati: સહસ્ત્ર (sahastra)
• → Hindi: सहस्र (sahasra)
• → Marathi: सहस्र (sahasra)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘨 (sahasra), 𑘭𑘰𑘭𑘿𑘨 (sāsra), 𑘭𑘰𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘨 (sāhasra)
• → Nepali: सहस्र (sahasra)
• → Punjabi: ਸਹੰਸਰ (sahansar)
• → Telugu: సహస్రము (sahasramu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “सहस्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1195, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 768