bîst

See also: bist and bīst

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HwiHcati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“twenty”).

See also Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (vīsaⁱti), Persian ‎ (bist), Khotanese [script needed] (bistä), Ossetian инсӕй (insæj); also Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśati), Hindi बीस (bīs), Punjabi ਵੀਹ (vīh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biːst/

Numeral

bîst

twenty

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