দেড়
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali দেঢ় (deṛh), from Old Bengali দেঢ (deḍha), from Prakrit *𑀤𑁂𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*deaḍḍha), from Sanskrit *द्वैयर्ध (dvaiyardha), vriddhi of द्व्यर्ध (dvyardha, “one and a half”, literally “two minus half”), from द्वि (dvi, “two”) + अर्ध (ardha, “half”). Cognate with Assamese ডেৰ (der), Oriya ଡେଢ଼ (ḍeṛhô), Maithili 𑂙𑂵𑂜 (ḍeṛh), Bhojpuri डेढ़ (ḍēṛh), Punjabi ਡੇਢ (ḍeḍh), Sindhi ڊ۽ڍُ (ḍeḍhu), Churahi डेड्ढ (ḍeḍḍh), Nepali डेड़ (ḍeṛ), Awadhi डेढ़ (ḍeṛh), Hindustani डेढ़ (ḍeṛh) / دیڑھ (ḍeṛh), Konkani देड (deḍ).
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dvyardha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 382
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