दश

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
100
 ←  9 १०
10		 11  → 
1
    Cardinal: दश (daśa)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáĉa, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀‎ (dasa), Ancient Greek δέκα (déka) and Latin decem, Old English tīen (English ten).[1]

Pronunciation

Numeral

दश • (dáśa)

  1. ten

Descendants

  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa)
    • Fiji Hindi: das
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀰 (daśa)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa), 𑀤𑀳 (daha)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa)
    • Gujarati: દશ (daś), દસ (das)
    • Hindustani:
      • Old Hindi:
      • Urdu: دس‎ (das)
    • Nepali: दस (dasa), दश (daśa)
    • Punjabi: ਦਸ (das) / دس‎ (das)
    • Rajasthani: दाह (dāh)
  • → Malay: dasa / داسا‎
  • → Telugu: దశము (daśamu)

References

  1. ↑ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203
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