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सवा sawā[Ap. Prk. सवाउ, Prk. सवाओS. सपादकः], adj. With a quarter, increased by one-fourth, with one-fourth added (to it), a quarter more (it always precedes the numeral, or the noun, with which it is used; and the unit employed in using it is 1, from 1 to 99 inclusive, 100, from 100 to 999 inclusive, and so on; e.g. sawā-unīs = 19+¼ or 19¼; sawā-sau = 100+¼ of 100=125;—sawā-ser = 1¼ ser).
Origin: Hindi