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English Hindi Transliteration
Zero (0) =/ () unya/siphara
One (1) () k
Two (2) () do
Three (3) () tn
Four (4) () chr
Five (5) () pnch
Six (6) () cha
Seven (7) () sat
Eight (8) () a
Nine (9) () nau
Ten (10) () das
Eleven (11) () gyrah
Twelve (12) () brah
Thirteen (13) () trah
Fourteen (14) () chaudah
Fifteen (15) 5 () pandrah
Sixteen (16) () solah
Seventeen (17) () satrah
Eighteen (18) () ahrah
Nineteen (19) = () unnis
Twenty (20) () bs
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 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.
English Hindi Transliteration
Twenty one (21) 4 () ikksa
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Twenty two (22) () bsa
Twenty three (23) () tsa
Twenty four (24) () chaubsa
Twenty five (25) () pachchsa
Twenty six (26) () chabbsa
Twenty seven (27) d () sattsa
Twenty eight (28) () ahsa
Twenty nine (29) () unatsa
Thirty (30) () tsa
Thirty one (31) () ikatsa
Thirty two (32) d () battsa
Thirty three (33) () taitsa
Thirty four (34) l () chautsa
Thirty five (35) () paitsa
Thirty six (36) Ud () chattsa
Thirty seven (37) () saitsa
Thirty eight (38) () aatsa
Thirty nine (39) () unatlsa
Forty (40) chlsa ()
Forty one (41) () ikatlsa
Forty two (42) () baylsa
Forty three (43) () taitlsa
Forty four (44) l () chautlsa
Forty five (45) () paitlsa
Forty six (46) () chiylsa
Forty seven (47) () saitlsa
Forty eight (48) () aatlsa
Forty nine (49) () unacsa
Fifty (50) () pacsa
Fifty one (51) 4 () ikybana
Fifty two (52) () bvana
Fifty three (53) () tirpana
Fifty four (54) () chaubana
Fifty five (55) () pachapana
Fifty six (56) ! () chappana
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Fifty seven (57) d () sattvana
Fifty eight (58) () ahvana
Fifty nine (59) () unasaha
Sixty (60) () sha
Sixty one (61) () ikasaha
Sixty two (62) () bsaha
Sixty three (63) () tirasaha
Sixty four (64) l () chausaha
Sixty five (65) () paisaha
Sixty six (66) () chiysaha
Sixty seven (67) () saasaha
Sixty eight (68) () aasaha
Sixty nine (69) d () unahattara
Seventy (70) d () sattara
Seventy one (71) d () ikahattara
Seventy two (72) d () bahattara
Seventy three (73) d () tihattara
Seventy four (74) d () chauhattara
Seventy five (75) d () pachahattara
Seventy six (76) d () chihattara
Seventy seven (77) d () satahattara
Seventy eight (78) d () ahahattara
Seventy nine (79) () uns
Eighty (80) 1 () ass
Eighty one (81) 4 () ikys
Eighty two (82) () bays
Eighty three (83) () tirs
Eighty four (84) () chaurs
Eighty five (85) () pachs
Eighty six (86) () chiys
Eighty seven (87) () sats
Eighty eight (88) () ahs
Eighty nine (89) () navs
Ninety (90) () nabb
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Ninety one (91) 4 () ikynab
Ninety two (92) () bnav
Ninety three (93) () tirnav
Ninety four (94) () chaurnav
Ninety five (95) () pachnav
Ninety six (96) () chiynav
Ninety seven (97) d () sattnav
Ninety eight (98) () ahnav
Ninety nine (99) = () ninynav
(One) hundred (100) () () (ka) sau
Two hundred (200) () do sau
Five hundred (500) () pncha sau
Once you have got through the numbers 1-100 the rest of the numbers are regular. For example if we need seven
hundred sixty seven it will be (sta sau saasaha).
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!), zillion etc. Let's roll on to bigger quantities now!
English Hindi Transliteration
One thousand (1000) ka hazra
Five thousand (5000) pca hazra
Ten thousand (10,000) dasa hazra
Hundred thousand/One lakh (100,000) ka lkha
One million/Ten lakh (1,000,000) dasa lkha
Ten million/One crore (10,000,000) ka karoa
Hundred million/Ten crore (100,000,000) dasa karoa
One billion (1,000,000,000) ka araba
Hundred billion (100,000,000,000) ka kharaba
Ordinals
Hindi ordinals are a piece of cake once you are thorough with the cardinals. Only the first six ordinals are unique
English Hindi Transliteration
First (1st) / (/) pahal/prathama
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Second (2nd) / (/) dusar/dvitya
Third (3rd) / (/) tisar/trtya
Fourth (4th) / (/ ) cauth/caturtha
Fifth (5th) / ( /) pcav/pacama
Sixth (6th) /8 (/8) chah/aha
Seventh (7th) /B ( /) stav/saptama
Eighth (8th) /P ( /) hav/aama
Ninth (9th) / ( /) nauv/navama
Tenth (10th) / ( /) dasav/daama
Fourteenth (14th) ( ) caudahav
Seventy eighth (78th) d ( ) ahahattarav
Hundredth (100th) ( ) sauv
shuny ek do teen char panch chhah saat aath nao 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
As you would have noticed by now that in Hindi ' ' 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+v
Note :- As we mentioned before that the Hindi cardinal numbers are not standardized and several variants exist for
the same number. For example and are both correct for representing sixty seven. All of these variant
forms could be considered correct, however for maintaining uniformity throughout this wikibook we'd be using the
forms that are mentioned in this text which is also advocated by the Central Hindi Directorate, Government of India,
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare (BGMH, pp. 64-5)
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