بیس

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See also: بئش, بيس, پیش, تیس, and بئس

Balti[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Tibetan བཞེས (bzhes).[1]

Verb[edit]

بیس (byis)

  1. (honorific) to eat
  2. (honorific) to drink
  3. (honorific) to smoke

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sprigg, R.K. (2002). Balti-English / English-Balti Dictionary (1st ed.), Routledge.

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀸 (vīsā), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺 (vīsati), from Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśatí).

Cognates include Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsaiti), Northern Kurdish bîst, Khotanese [script needed] (bistä), Ossetian инсӕй (insæj), Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśati), and Punjabi ਵੀਹ (vīh).

Numeral[edit]

Urdu numbers (edit)
 ←  10  ←  19 ۲۰
20 		21  →  30  → 
2
    Cardinal: بِیس (bīs)
    Ordinal: بِیسْواں (bīsvā̃)

بِیس • (bīs) (Hindi spelling बीस)

  1. twenty
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