A bakers dozen in Hindi — Meaning of तेरह (terah)

📖 Meaning of “a bakers dozen”

The meaning of “a bakers dozen” in Hindi is तेरह, pronounced terah — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

✍️ A bakers dozen in a sentence

she bought a baker's dozen of donuts.

अध्याय - तेरह सब्सिडी कार्यक्रमों का निष्पादन, आवंटित राशि और लाभार्थियों का विवरण

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Inherited from Old Hindi तेरह (teraha), from Apabhramsa तेरह (teraha), from Sauraseni Prakrit तेरस (terasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀟𑀰 (treḍaśa), 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁃𑀟𑀰 (traiḍaśa), 𑀢𑁂𑀤𑀲 (tedasa), Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyazdaśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyazdaća, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesdeḱm̥, from *tréyes (“three”) + *déḱm̥ (“ten”). The Middle Indo-Aryan forms appear to continue *trai- ~ *trayē- rather than Sanskrit त्रयोदश (tráyodaśa); compare Pali तेरस (terasa).

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Word (English)

A bakers dozen

Meaning in Hindi

तेरह

Pronunciation

terah

Part of speech

Noun

Category

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Word Origin (Etymology)

Inherited from Old Hindi तेरह (teraha), from Apabhramsa तेरह (teraha), from Sauraseni Prakrit तेरस (terasa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀟𑀰 (treḍaśa), 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁃𑀟𑀰 (traiḍaśa), 𑀢𑁂𑀤𑀲 (tedasa), Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyazdaśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyazdaća, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesdeḱm̥, from *tréyes (“three”) + *déḱm̥ (“ten”). The Middle Indo-Aryan forms appear to continue *trai- ~ *trayē- rather than Sanskrit त्रयोदश (tráyodaśa); compare Pali तेरस (terasa).

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The Hindi meaning of "a bakers dozen" is तेरह (terah).

In Devanagari script it is written as तेरह.

It is pronounced "terah". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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