Malayalam numerals
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Below is a list of Malayalam numerals with their Hindu–Arabic equivalents as well as their respective Malayalam translations and transliterations.[1]
Malayalam numeral | Hindu–Arabic numeral |
Malayalam word | Romanization of Malayalam | IPA |
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൦ | 0 | പൂജ്യം | pūjyaṁ | /pu:d͡ʒjɐm/ |
൧ | 1 | ഒന്ന് | onnŭ | /on̪n̪ɨ̆/ |
൨ | 2 | രണ്ട് | raṇḍŭ | /ɾɐɳɖɨ̆/ |
൩ | 3 | മൂന്ന് | mūnnŭ | /mu:n̪n̪ɨ̆/ |
൪ | 4 | നാല് | nālŭ | /n̪ɐ:lɨ̆/ |
൫ | 5 | അഞ്ച് | añjŭ | /ɐɲd͡ʒɨ̆/ |
൬ | 6 | ആറ് | āṟŭ | /ɐ:rɨ̆/ |
൭ | 7 | ഏഴ് | ēḻŭ | /e:ɻɨ̆/ |
൮ | 8 | എട്ട് | eṭṭŭ | /eʈʈɨ̆/ |
൯ | 9 | ഒമ്പത് | ombadŭ | /ombɐd̪ɨ̆/ |
൰/൧൦ | 10 | പത്ത് | pattŭ | /pɐt̪t̪ɨ̆/ |
൱/൧൦൦ | 100 | നൂറ് | nūṟŭ | /n̪u:rɨ̆/ |
൲/൧൦൦൦ | 1000 | ആയിരം | āyiraṁ | /ɐ:jiɾɐm/ |
൳ | 1⁄4 | കാൽ | kāl | /kɐ:l/ |
൴ | 1⁄2 | അര | ara | /ɐɾɐ/ |
൵ | 3⁄4 | മുക്കാൽ | mukkāl | /mukkɐ:l/ |
൷ | 1⁄8 | അരക്കാൽ | arakkāl | /ɐɾɐkkɐːl/ |
Originally, a number like "11" would have been written as "൰൧" and not "൧൧" to match the Malayalam word for 11 and "10,00,000" as "൰൱൲" similar to the Tamil numeral system. Later on this system got reformed to be more similar to the Hindu–Arabic numerals so 10,00,000 in the reformed numerals it would be ൧൦൦൦൦൦൦.[2][3]
Old system
11 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 110 | 10,099 |
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൰൧ | ൨൰ | ൨൰൧ | ൩൰ | ൱൰ | ൰൲൯൰൯ |
Suppose the number is "2013". It is read in Malayalam as "രണ്ടായിരത്തി പതിമൂന്ന്" (raṇḍāyiratti padimūnnŭ). It is split into:
- രണ്ട് (raṇḍŭ) : 2 - ൨
- ആയിരം (āyiram) : 1000 - ൲
- പത്ത് (pattŭ) : 10 - ൰
- മൂന്ന് (mūnnŭ) : 3 - ൩
Combine them together to get the Malayalam number ൨൲൰൩.[3][2][1]
Fractions
In Malayalam you can transcribe any fraction by affixing (-il) after the denominator followed by the numerator, so a fraction like 7⁄10 would be read as പത്തിൽ ഏഴ് (pattil ēḻŭ) 'out of ten, seven' but fractions like 1⁄2 1⁄4 and 3⁄4 have distinct names (ara, kāl, mukkāl) and 1⁄8 (arakkāl) 'half quarter'.[1][how do you write fractions other than ൴, ൵ like 7⁄13 in the old and new system?]
References
- ^ a b c d Alex, Shiju (22 August 2013). "മലയാള അക്കങ്ങൾ". ഗ്രന്ഥപ്പുര (in Malayalam). Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Numbers in Malayalam". omniglot.com. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Numbers in Malayalam | Learn Malayalam numbers 1-100, 1000,... - Learn Entry". Retrieved 1 March 2022.