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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) () 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 thateach tenth number (such as 30, 40 etc) is unique. The rest of the numbers take the form of prefix of incrementaldigit 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'dsoon get the hang of it. Here are the numbers from 21 to 100. Try to follow them and find any similar pattern.


Twenty one (21) () ikksa



Twenty two (22) () bsa

Twenty three (23) () tsa

Twenty four (24) () chaubsa

Twenty five (25) () pachchsa

Twenty six (26) () chabbsa

Twenty seven (27) () sattsa

Twenty eight (28) () ahsa

Twenty nine (29) () unatsa

Thirty (30) () tsa

Thirty one (31) () ikatsa

Thirty two (32) () battsa

Thirty three (33) () taitsa

Thirty four (34) () chautsa

Thirty five (35) () paitsa

Thirty six (36) () 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) () 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) () ikybana

Fifty two (52) () bvana

Fifty three (53) () tirpana

Fifty four (54) () chaubana

Fifty five (55) () pachapana

Fifty six (56) () chappana



Fifty seven (57) () 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) () chausaha

Sixty five (65) () paisaha

Sixty six (66) () chiysaha

Sixty seven (67) () saasaha

Sixty eight (68) () aasaha

Sixty nine (69) () unahattara

Seventy (70) () sattara

Seventy one (71) () ikahattara

Seventy two (72) () bahattara

Seventy three (73) () tihattara

Seventy four (74) () chauhattara

Seventy five (75) () pachahattara

Seventy six (76) () chihattara

Seventy seven (77) () satahattara

Seventy eight (78) () ahahattara

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

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

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 sevenhundred 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 usequantities like lakh and crore which are less common in English speaking countries. The opposite is true forquantities like million, billion (We are talking about the US billion which is 1 followed by 9 zeros, not the UK billionwhich is 1 followed by 12 zeros!), zillion etc. Let's roll on to bigger quantities now!


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


First (1st) / (/) pahal/prathama



Second (2nd) / (/) dusar/dvitya

Third (3rd) / (/) tisar/trtya

Fourth (4th) / (/) cauth/caturtha

Fifth (5th) / (/) pcav/pacama

Sixth (6th) / (/) chah/aha

Seventh (7th) / (/) stav/saptama

Eighth (8th) / (/) hav/aama

Ninth (9th) / (/) nauv/navama

Tenth (10th) / (/) dasav/daama

Fourteenth (14th) () caudahav

Seventy eighth (78th) () 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 ofcardinal numbers to form the corresponding ordinal numbers. If you're wondering about the irregularities of thesecond options, then let us just tell you that they are the Sanskrit ordinal numbers that are used often in Hindi. Youjust have to remember ten of them (for they sometimes appear in texts/speeches). After ten, any ordinal numbersyou 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 forthe same number. For example and are both correct for representing sixty seven. All of these variantforms could be considered correct, however for maintaining uniformity throughout this wikibook we'd be using theforms 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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