bîst

Concepts

twenty

score

Translations

zwanzig

20

vingt

20

viginti

20

venti

20

yirmi

20

είκοσι

twintig

20

vinte

20

veinte

20

vint

20

عشرون

20

عشرين

vint

veinta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biːst/

Etymology

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌

Cognate with Persian: بیست

Cognate with Ossetic: инсӕй

Cognate with Sanskrit: विंशति

Cognate with Hindi: बीस

Cognate with Punjabi: ਵੀਹ

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *HwiHcati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“twenty”).
See also Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsaⁱti), Persian بیست (bist), Khotanese [script needed] (bistä), Ossetian инсӕй (insæj); also Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśati), Hindi बीस (bīs), Punjabi ਵੀਹ (vīh).

Sentences

Ez bîst û du salî me .

I am twenty two years old.

Ez bîst û çar salî me .

I am twenty four years old.

Ez jî bîst û çar salî me .

I am also twenty-four years old.

Her çar salan carekê dibe bîst û neh roj .

Every four years there are twenty-nine days.

Çi qas mezin be bila bîst salî be.

No matter how old he is, he should be twenty years old.

Parsû ji bîst û çar hestiyan pêk tê .

Parsu consists of twenty four bones.