Where does “واحد وتلاتين” come from?

واحد وتلاتين (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic واحد وثلاثون, from Arabic وَ, from Semitic *wa.

واحد وتلاتين (Moroccan Arabic): thirty-one

Definitions

  1. thirty-one

Ancestry of “واحد وتلاتين”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicواحد وثلاثونthirty-one
2Arabicوَand
3Semitic*wa—
Every word from Semitic *wa →Every word from Arabic وَ →Every word from Arabic واحد وثلاثون →