Whole Numbers
- 1= onRu
- 10= patthu
- 100= nooRu
- 1000= aayiram
- 10,000= pathaayiram
- 100,000= nooRaayiram
- 1000,000= meiyiram
- 10^9= thoLLunn
- 10^12= eegiyam
- 10^15= neLai
- 10^18= iLanji
- 10^20= veLLam
- 10^21= aambal
Tamil texts elaborate the following version:
- 1 = ONDRU- one
- 10 = PATHU- ten
- 100 = NOORU- hundred
- 1,000 = AAYIRAM- thousand
- 10,000 = PATHAAYIRAM- ten thousand
- 100,000 = LATCHAM- hundred thousand
- 1,000,000 = PATHU LATCHAM- one million
- 10,000,000 = KODI- ten million
- 100,000,000 = ARPUTHAM- hundred million
- 1,000,000,000 = NIGARPUTHAM- one billion
- 10,000,000,000 = KUMBAM- ten billion
- 100,000,000,000 = KANAM- hundred billion
- 1,000,000,000,000 = KARPAM- one trillion
- 10,000,000,000,000 = NIKARPAM- ten trillion
- 100,000,000,000,000 = PATHUMAM- hundred trillion
- 1,000,000,000,000,000 = SANGGAM- quadrillion
- 10,000,000,000,000,000 = VELLAM- ten quadrillion
- 100,000,000,000,000,000 = ANNIYAM- hundred quadrillion
- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = ARTTAM- one quintillion
- 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 = PARARTTAM- ten quintillion
- 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 = POORIYAM- hundred quintillion
- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = MUKKODI- one sextillion
- 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = MAHAYUGAM- ten sextillion
Read more about this topic: Tamil Units Of Measurement
Famous quotes containing the word numbers:
“The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.”
—Bible: Hebrew Numbers 35:33.
“Green grow the rushes-O
What is your one-O?”
—Unknown. Carol of the Numbers (l. 2–3)