𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑁄

Prakrit
Prakrit numbers (edit)
40[a], [b], [c], [d]
[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  3 𑁪
4		 5  → 
    Cardinal: 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑁄 (cattāro), 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀺 (cattāri), 𑀘𑀉𑀭𑁄 (caüro)
    Ordinal: 𑀘𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀣 (caüttha), 𑀘𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀣 (cŏttha), 𑀘𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀞 (caüṭṭha), 𑀢𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀅 (turia), 𑀘𑀤𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣 (caduttha)

Alternative forms
  • 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀺 (cattāri) — feminine
  • 𑀘𑀉𑀭𑁄 (caüro)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चत्वारस् (catvāras), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑁄 (cattāro) m (Devanagari चत्तारो) (cardinal number)[1][2][3]

  1. four

Descendants

References
  1. Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 327.
  2. Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 41.
  3. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cattāro”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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