Monday, March 8, 2010

बीस بیس ♣ Eng. vicenary

बीस بیس ♣ Eng. vicenary

[bīs], adj. num. 20.

[◀MIA: Pk. viṁsadi, vīsaï, vīsaṁ, vīsā ‘20’; Pa. vīsati, vīsaṁ ‘20’ ◀OIA viṁśatí- f. ‘20’ RV. ◀PIE *u̯ī-k̂m̥t-ī ‘20’ (= *u̯ī̆- ‘apart, separate from; both, two’ + *dek̂m̥ ‘ten’)] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. vicenary ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0209; (Turner, 1966) 11616; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 644; (MW, 1899) 0953; (Pokorny, 1959) 1177 (=1175 + 0191); (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.550 (=2.549 + 1.708)

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