Where does “تلتعش” come from?

تلتعش (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic ثلاثة عشر, from Arabic ثَلَاثَة — three.

تلتعش (South Levantine Arabic): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “تلتعش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicثلاثة عشرthirteen
2Arabicثَلَاثَةthree
Every word from Arabic ثَلَاثَة →Every word from Arabic ثلاثة عشر →