தொண்ணூறு

Tamil

**Tamil numbers ^(edit)**
	900
^{[a], [b]} ← 80	௯௰ 90	100 → ^{[a], [b]}
	9^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: தொண்ணூறு (toṇṇūṟu) Ordinal: தொண்ணூறாவது (toṇṇūṟāvatu), தொண்ணூறாம் (toṇṇūṟām)

Etymology

From தொள்- (toḷ-, “nine”, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *toṇ (“nine”)) +‎ நூறு (nūṟu, “hundred”), contraction of தொகைதள்நூறு (tokaitaḷnūṟu, “ten less for hundred”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ɔɳːuːrʊ/, [t̪ɔɳːuːrɯ]

Numeral

தொண்ணூறு • (toṇṇūṟu)

ninety

References

Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “தொண்ணூறு”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]

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