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Cardinals

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English

Hindi

Transliteration

Zero (00)

()

unya/siphar

One (1)

()

Two (2)

()

do

Three (3)

()

teen

Four (4)

()

char

Five (5)

()

pnch

Six (6)

()

che

Seven (7)

()

sat

Eight (8)

()

Nine (9)

()

nau

Ten (10)

()

das

Eleven (11)

()

gyrah

Twelve (12)

()

brah

Thirteen (13)

()

trah

Fourteen (14)

()

chaudah

Fifteen (15)

()

pandrah

Sixteen (16)

()

solah

Seventeen (17) ()

satrah

Eighteen (18)

() ahrah

Nineteen (19)

()

unnis

Twenty (20)

()

bees

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.
English

Hindi

Transliteration

Twenty one (21)

()

ikks

Twenty two (22)

()

bs

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Twenty three (23)

()

ts

Twenty four (24)

()

chaubs

Twenty five (25)

()

pachchs

Twenty six (26)

()

chhabbs

Twenty seven (27)

()

satts

Twenty eight (28)

() ahs

Twenty nine (29)

()

unats

Thirty (30)

()

Tees

Thirty one (31)

()

ikats

Thirty two (32)

()

batts

Thirty three (33)

()

taints

Thirty four (34)

()

chauts

Thirty five (35)

()

paits

()

chatts

Thirty seven (37)

()

saits

Thirty eight (38)

()

aats

Thirty nine (39)

() unchls

Forty (40)

()

Forty one (41)

() ikatlis

Forty two (42)

()

biylis

Forty three (43)

()

taitls

Forty four (44)

() chautls

Forty five (45)

()

Forty six (46)

() chiyls

Forty seven (47)

()

Forty eight (48)

() aatls

Forty nine (49)

()

uncs

Fifty (50)

()

pacs

Fifty one (51)

()

ikyvan

Fifty two (52)

()

bvan

Fifty three (53)

()

tirpan

Fifty four (54)

()

chauvan

Thirty six (36)

chls

paitls

saitls

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Fifty five (55)

()

pachapan

Fifty six (56)

()

chappan

Fifty seven (57)

()

sattvan

Fifty eight (58)

() ahvan

Fifty nine (59)

()

unasah

Sixty (60)

()

sh

Sixty one (61)

()

ikasah

Sixty two (62)

()

bsah

Sixty three (63)

()

tirasah

Sixty four (64)

()

chausah

Sixty five (65)

()

paisah

Sixty six (66)

()

chiysah

Sixty seven (67)

()

saasah

Sixty eight (68)

()

aasah

Sixty nine (69)

()

unahattar

Seventy (70)

()

sattar

Seventy one (71)

()

ikahattar

Seventy two (72)

()

bahattar

Seventy three (73)

()

tihattar

Seventy four (74)

()

chauhattar

Seventy five (75)

()

pachahattar

Seventy six (76)

()

chihattar

Seventy seven (77)

()

satahattar

Seventy eight (78)

()

ahahattar

Seventy nine (79)

()

uns

Eighty (80)

()

ass

Eighty one (81)

()

ikys

Eighty two (82)

()

bays

Eighty three (83)

()

tirs

Eighty four (84)

()

chaurs

Eighty five (85)

()

pachs

Eighty six (86)

()

chiys

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Eighty seven (87)

()

sats

Eighty eight (88)

()

ahs

Eighty nine (89)

()

navs

Ninety (90)

()

nabb

Ninety one (91)

()

ikynab

Ninety two (92)

()

bnav

Ninety three (93)

()

tirnav

Ninety four (94)

()

chaurnav

Ninety five (95)

()

pachnav

Ninety six (96)

()

chiynav

Ninety seven (97)

()

sattnav

Ninety eight (98)

()

ahnav

Ninety nine (99)

()

ninynav

(One) hundred (100) () () (ka) 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.), trillion etc.
English

Hindi

Transliteration

Two hundred (200)

()

do sau

Five hundred (500)

()

pncha sau

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

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Ordinals

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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

Second (2nd)

/ (/) dusar/dvitya

Third (3rd)

/
(/) tisar/tr
tya

Fourth (4th)

/
(/) cauth/caturtha

Fifth (5th)

/
(
/) pcav/pacama

Sixth (6th)

/ (/ )

Seventh (7th)

/ (
/) stav/saptama

Eighth (8th)

/ (
/) hav/aama

Ninth (9th)

/ (
/)

Tenth (10th)

/ (
/) dasa v/daama

Fourteenth (14th)

(
)

Seventy eighth (78th)

(
)
Hundredth (100th)

(
)

chah/aha

nauv/navama

caudahav
ahahattarav
sauv

shunya ek do teen char panch chhah saat aath nao das gyaarh 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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

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