لس

Pashto
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    Cardinal : لس

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *las, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *lás[1], from Proto-Iranian *dáca, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.[2] Cognate with Persian ده‎, Urdu دس‎.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /las/
  • (Afridi Dialect) IPA(key): /lɑs/

Numeral

لس • (las)

  1. ten

References
  1. Julian Kreidl (2021), “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus
  2. Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203

Persian

Etymology

Probably from dialectal or colloquial form of original *لست‎, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lad- (“slow, weary”). Akin to Mazanderani لس‎ (lass, “slow”).

Adjective

لس • (las)

  1. (dated) lazy
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