Where does “अढाई” come from?
अढाई (Old Hindi) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬, from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬, from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय, from Sanskrit अर्ध, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hárdʰas, from Proto-Indo-European h₁érdʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
अढाई (Old Hindi): two and a half
Ancestry of “अढाई”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 | — |
| 2 | Ashokan Prakrit | 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अर्धतृतीय | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अर्ध | half, halved, forming a half; the half; one part... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hárdʰas | division, half |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁érdʰ-o-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
Words derived from “अढाई”