सहस्र

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • a thousand (with the counted object in the same case, singular or plural)
  • a thousand cows or gifts (= सहस्रं गव्यम् (सहस्रं गव्यम्) etc., used to express wealth)
  • any very large number (in Naighaṇṭuka 3.1 among the बहुनामानि (tr=bahu-nāmāni); compare सहस्रकिरण (tr=sahasra-kiraṇa) etc.)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *saźʰásram inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram (thousand) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sm̥-ǵʰéslom

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