ᱜᱮᱞ ᱮᱭᱟᱭ

[gel-ey-ay]

num

LanguageSantali (India)

Meaning

seventeen
The number that comes after sixteen.

Examples

ᱜᱮᱞ ᱮᱭᱟᱭ ᱪᱟᱸᱫᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚᱭ ᱦᱤᱡᱩᱜᱼᱟ᱾

He will arrive in seventeen months.

ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱜᱮᱞ ᱮᱭᱟᱭ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱪᱮᱬᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ᱾

There are seventeen birds in the tree.

Pronunciationgel-ey-ay

Part of speechnum

Registerneutral

Usage noteUsed in general counting and identification of specific quantities.

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