अब्ज

Marathi

Marathi numbers ^(edit)

←  1,000,000 (106)	[a], [b] ←  100,000,000 (108)	१, ००, ००, ००, ००० 1,000,000,000 (109)
Cardinal: अब्ज (abja)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əb.d͡ʑə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अब्ज (abja) or from Sanskrit अर्बुद (arbuda). Compare Hindi अरब (arab).

Numeral

अब्ज • (abja)

1. billion; 1,000,000,000

   Synonyms: अरव (arav), अर्व (arva)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit अप् (ap, “water”) + ज (ja, “produced from”).

Noun

अब्ज • (abja) n

1. a lotus

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अब्ज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अब्ज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अब्ज”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  1,000,000 (106)	←  100,000,000 (108)	१००००००००० 1,000,000,000 (109)	10,000,000,000 (1010)  →	1012  →
Cardinal: अब्ज (abja), महार्बुद (mahārbuda)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অব্জ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬩ᭄ᬚ (Balinese script)
• অব্জ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰤𑰿𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀩𑁆𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• အဗ္ဇ (Burmese script)
• અબ્જ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਬ੍ਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌬𑍍𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦧ꧀ꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂥𑂹𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಬ್ಜ (Kannada script)
• អព្ជ (Khmer script)
• ອພ຺ຊ (Lao script)
• അബ്ജ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠪᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘤𑘿𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠪᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧄𑧠𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐧𑑂𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଅବ୍ଜ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢨ꣄ꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆧𑇀𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖤𑖿𑖕 (Siddham script)
• අබ‍්ජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩲 𑪙𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚠𑚶𑚑 (Takri script)
• அப்³ஜ (Tamil script)
• అబ్జ (Telugu script)
• อพฺช (Thai script)
• ཨ་བྫ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒥𑓂𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨠𑩇𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐb.d͡ʑɐ/, [ɐb̚.d͡ʑɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐb.d͡ʑɐ/, [ˈɐb̚.d͡ʑɐ]

Etymology 1

Related to अर्बुद (arbuda, “100 millions”).

Noun

अब्ज • (abja) stem, f

1. 100 crores or 1 billion

Descendants

• Hindi: अब्ज (abj)
• → Malayalam: അബ്‌ജം (ab‌jaṁ)

Etymology 2

From Vedic Sanskrit अप् (ap, “water”) and ज (ja, “born of”), therefore "born of water".

Noun

अब्ज • (abja) m

1. lotus

Descendants

• Hindi: अब्ज (abj, “lotus”)
• Marathi: अब्ज (abja, “lotus”)