-शे

Konkani

Alternative forms
  • -शि (-śi)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शत (śata, “hundred”). Compare Marathi -शे (-śe).

Suffix

-शे (-śe) (Latin script *-she, Kannada script *-ಶೆ)

  1. Denotes a hundredfold; a hundred multiplied by the prefixed numeral
    दोनशे
    donśe
    two hundred

Marathi

Alternative forms
  • -शें (-śẽ) (older form)

Etymology

From Old Marathi श्ये (śye), सें (seṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀬 (saya), from Sanskrit शत (śata, “hundred”). Related to शंभर (śambhar).

Suffix

-शे • (-śe)

  1. Denotes a hundredfold; a hundred multiplied by the prefixed numeral
    चारशे ― cārśe ― four hundred

References
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “शें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “शंभर”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śatá (12278)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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