Hindi/Numbers

Numbers are the basic of Mathematics. Strange that Hindi numbers are unorganized unlike Sanskrit and other Southern Indian languages. Like other Sanskrit derived/Indian languages, Hindi numbers also follow decimal format. Numerals 0123456789०१२३४५६७८९ Cardinals Numeral English Hindi Transliteration0Zeroशून्यśūnya1Oneएकēk2Twoदोdo3Threeतीनtīn4Fourचारchār5Fiveपांचpānch6Sixछःchah7Sevenसातsāt8Eightआठāṭh9Nineनौnau10Tenदशdaś11Elevenग्यारहgyārah12Twelveबारहbārah13Thirteenतेरहtērah14Fourteenचौदहchaudah15Fifteenपंद्रहpandrah16Sixteenसोलहsolah17Seventeenसत्रहsatrah18Eighteenअट्ठारहaṭṭhārah19Nineteenउन्नीसunnīs20Twentyबीसbīs Hindi cardinal numbers up to 100 have no specific standardization. Up to 20, the numbers are unique. After that each tenth number (such as 30, 40 etc) is unique. The rest of the numbers take the form of prefix of incremental digit and the base of preceding tenth number. However these prefixes and bases vary slightly and in a random manner. Although the pattern isn't regular, don't worry too much. They're just slightly different and with some practice you'd soon get the hang of it. Here are the numbers from 21 to 100. Try to follow them and find any similar pattern. Numeral English Hindi Transliteration21Twenty oneइक्कीसikkīs22Twenty twoबाईसbāīs23Twenty threeतेईसtēīs24Twenty fourचौबिसchaubīs25Twenty fiveपच्चीसpachchīs26Twenty sixछब्बीसchhabbīs27Twenty sevenसत्ताईसsattāīs28Twenty eightअट्ठाईसaṭṭhāīs29Twenty nineउनतीसuntīs30Thirtyतीसtīs31Thirty oneइकतीसiktīs32Thirty twoबत्तीसbattīs33Thirty threeतैंतीसtaiṃtīs34Thirty fourचौंतीसchauṃtīs35Thirty fiveपैंतीसpaiṃtīs36Thirty sixछत्तीसchattīs37Thirty sevenसैंतीसsaiṃtīs38Thirty eightअड़तीसaṛtīs39Thirty nineउनतालीसuntālīs40Fortyचालीसchālīs Numeral English Hindi Transliteration41Forty oneइकतालीसiktālīs42Forty twoबयालीसbayālīs43Forty threeतैंतालीसtaiṃtālīs44Forty fourचौंतालीसchauṃtālīs45Forty fiveपैंतालीसpaiṃtālīs46Forty sixछियालीसchhiyālīs47Forty sevenसैंतालीसsaiṃtālīs48Forty eightअड़तालीसaṛtālīs49Forty nineउनचास​unchās50Fiftyपचासpachās51Fifty oneइक्यावन​ikyāvan52Fifty twoबावनbāvan53Fifty threeतिरपनtirpan54Fifty fourचौवन​chauvan55Fifty fiveपचपनpachpan56Fifty sixछप्पनchhappan57Fifty sevenसत्तावनsattāvan58Fifty eightअट्ठावनaṭṭhāvan59Fifty nineउनसठunsaṭh60Sixtyसाठsāṭh Numeral English Hindi Transliteration61Sixty oneइकसठiksaṭh62Sixty twoबासठbāsaṭh63Sixty threeतिरसठtirsaṭh64Sixty fourचौंसठchauṃsaṭh65Sixty fiveपैंसठpaiṃsaṭh66Sixty sixछयासठ​chhiyāsaṭh67Sixty sevenसड़सठ​saṛsaṭh68Sixty eightअड़सठaṛsaṭh69Sixty nineउनहत्तरunhattar70Seventyसत्तरsattar71Seventy oneइकहत्तरik'hattar72Seventy twoबहत्तरbahattar73Seventy threeतिहत्तरtihattar74Seventy fourचौहत्तरchauhattar75Seventy fiveपचहत्तरpach'hattar76Seventy sixछिहत्तरchhihattar77Seventy sevenसतहत्तरsat'hattar78Seventy eightअठहत्तरaṭhhattar79Seventy nineउनासीunāsī80Eightyअस्सीassī Numeral English Hindi Transliteration81Eighty oneइक्यासीikyāsī82Eighty twoबयासीbayāsī83Eighty three तिरासीtirāsī84Eighty fourचौरासीchaurāsī85Eighty five पचासीpachāsī86Eighty sixछियासीchhiyāsī87Eighty sevenसत्तासीsattāsī88Eighty eightअठासीaṭhāsī89Eighty nineनवासीnavāsī90Ninetyनब्बेnabbē91Ninety oneइक्यानवेikyānavē92Ninety twoबानवेbānavē93Ninety threeतिरानवेtirānavē94Ninety fourचौरानवेchaurānavē95Ninety fiveपचानवेpachānavē96Ninety sixछियानवेchhiyānavē97Ninety sevenसत्तानवेsattānavē98Ninety eightअट्ठानवेaṭṭhānavē99Ninety nineनिन्यानवेninyānavē100(One) hundred(एक) सौ(ēk) sau Once you have got through the numbers 1-100 the rest of the numbers are regular. Another point to be noted in Hindi in case of cardinal numbers is that Hindi (and all other Indic languages) often use quantities like lakh and crore which are less common in English speaking countries. The opposite is true for quantities like million, billion (We are talking about the US billion which is 1 followed by 9 zeros, not the UK billion which is 1 followed by 12 zeros.), trillion etc. Numeral English Hindi Transliteration100One hundredएक सौēk sau1000One thousandएक हज़ार / एक सहस्रēk hazār10,000Ten thousandदश हज़ारdaś hazār100,000Hundred thousand/One lakhएक लाखēk lākh1,000,000One million/Ten lakhदश लाखdaś lākh10,000,000Ten million/One croreएक करोड़ēk karoṛ100,000,000Hundred million/Ten croreदश करोड़daś karoṛ1,000,000,000One billionएक अरबēk arab10,000,000,000Ten billionदश अरबdaś arab100,000,000,000Hundred billionएक खराबēk kharab Ordinals Hindi ordinals are a piece of cake once you are thorough with the cardinals. Only the first six ordinals are unique.Hindi Numbers English Hindi TransliterationFirst (1st)पहला/प्रथम (१ला/१म)pahalā/prathamaSecond (2nd)दूसरा/द्वितीय (२रा/२य)dusarā/dvitīyaThird (3rd)तीसरा/तृतीय (३रा/३य)tisarā/tr̥tīya Fourth (4th)चौथा/चतुर्थ (४था/४र्थ)chauthā/chaturthaFifth (5th)पांचवां/पंचम (५वां/५म)pāṃcavāṃ/paṃcamaSixth (6th)छठा/षष्ठ (६ठा/६ष्ठ)chaṭhā/ṣaṣṭhaSeventh (7th)सातवां/सप्तम (७वां/७म)sātavāṃ/saptamaEighth (8th)आठवां/अष्टम (८वां/८म)āṭhavāṃ/aṣṭamaNinth (9th)नौवां/नवम (९वां/९म)nauvāṃ/navamaTenth (10th)दशवां/दशम (१०वां/१०म)daśavāṃ/daśama As you would have noticed by now that in Hindi 'वां' acts just like 'th' in English which you can add to the end of cardinal numbers to form the corresponding ordinal numbers. If you're wondering about the irregularities of the second options, then let us just tell you that they are the Sanskrit ordinal numbers that are used often in Hindi. You just have to remember ten of them (for they sometimes appear in texts/speeches). After ten, any ordinal numbers you would encounter would be most likely in the general form of ordinal number+vāṃ Patterns and irregulars In the table below, the terms have been reanalysed as being made up of parts which maximise the number of regular forms while avoiding strikethroughs, since they would would obscure the actual forms. Number−1+0+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9NumberPartun-Baseik-bā-ti-cau-pac-chi-sat-aṭh-nav-+0Basegreen śūnya, sifr, sunnā, śūngreen ekgreen dogreen tīngreen cārgreen pāṅcgreen chaḥgreen sātgreen āṭhgreen nau+10-rahgreen dasred gyārahbārahtred erahcaured dahpared ndrahred solahsatrahaṭhred ārah+20-īsunred nīsgreen bīsikred kīsbāīstred eīscaured bīspacred cīschred abbīssatred tāīsared ṭṭhred āīs+30-tīsuntīsgreen tīsikred attīsbred attīstred aiṅtīscaured ṅtīspred aiṅtīschred attīssared iṅtīsared ṛtīs+40-tālīsuntālīsgreen cālīsiktālīsbred ayālīstred aiṅtālīscared vālīspred aiṅtālīschired yālīssared iṅtālīsared ṛtālīs+50-vanunred cāsgreen pacāsikred (y)āvanbāvantired rpancauvanpacred panchred appansatred tāvanared ṭṭhred āvan+60-saṭhunsaṭhgreen sāṭhiksaṭhbāsaṭhtired rsaṭhcaured ṅsaṭhpred aiṅsaṭhchired yāsaṭhsared ṛsaṭhared ṛsaṭh+70-hattarunhattargreen sattarikhattarbred ahattartihattarcauhattarpac(·)hattarchihattarsat·hattaraṭhhattar+80-āsīunāsīgreen assīikred (y)āsībred ayāsītired rāsīcaured rāsīpacāsīchired yāsīsatred tāsiared ṭṭhāsīnavāsī+90-ānvegreen nabbe, navveikred (y)ānvebānve, bred ayānvetired rānvecaured rānvepacānvechired yānvesatred tānveared ṭṭhānvenred inyānve