Where does “تلاتة وعشرين” come from?

تلاتة وعشرين (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic ثلاثة وعشرون, from Arabic وَ, from Semitic *wa.

تلاتة وعشرين (South Levantine Arabic): twenty-three

Definitions

  1. twenty-three

Ancestry of “تلاتة وعشرين”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicثلاثة وعشرونtwenty-three
2Arabicوَand
3Semitic*wa—
Every word from Semitic *wa →Every word from Arabic وَ →Every word from Arabic ثلاثة وعشرون →