The Number System of Hindi

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The Number System of Hindi

This page is based on Hindi/Urdu conversation lessons on the Web at Syracuse University and Tsukaeru Urdu & Hindi (written in Japanese). The Hindi number system is basically decimal, but because of a lot of irregular pronunciation, you have to memorize 100 different words as if it were a centesimal system. Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Reading shoonya ek do teen chaar paanch chhuh saat aath nau dus gyaaruh baaruh tayruh chauduh pundrah soluh sattruh utthaaruh unnees bees ikkees baaees tayees chaubees pucchees chhubbees suttaaees utthaaees unatees tees ikattees buttees tayntees chauntees payntees chhuttees sayntees urdtees unataalees chaalees ikataalees buyaalees Meaning 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

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43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

tayntaalees chauwaalees payntaalees chhiyaatees sayntaalees urdtaalees unachaas puchaass ikyaawaun baawun tirpun chauwun puchpun chhuppun suttaawun utthhaawun unasuth saath ikasuth baasuth tirsuth chaunsuth paynsuth chhiyaasuth sursuth urdsuth unahuttur suttur ikahuttur buhuttur tihuttur chahuttur puchahuttur chhihuttur sutahuttur uthahuttur unyaasee ussee ikyaasee buyaasee tiraasee chauraasee puchaasee chhiyaasee suttaasee utthaasee nuwaasee nubbay ikyaanaway baanaway tiraanaway chauraanaway puchaanaway

43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

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96 97 98 99 100 Chart: -1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

chhiyaanaway suttaanaway utthhaanaway ninyaanaway sau

96 97 98 99 100

unnees

0 shoonya dus bees

1 ek gyaaruh ikkees

2 do baaruh baaees

3 teen tayruh tayees

4 chaar chauduh chaubees

5 paanch pundrah pucchees payntees payntaalees puchpun paynsuth puchahuttur puchaasee puchaanaway

6 chhuh soluh chhubbees chhuttees chhiyaatees chhuppun chhiyaasuth chhihuttur chhiyaasee chhiyaanaway

7 saat sattruh suttaaees

8 aath utthaaruh utthaaees

9 nau

unatees tees ikattees buttees tayntees chauntees unataalees chaalees ikataalees buyaalees tayntaalees chauwaalees unachaas puchaass ikyaawaun baawun tirpun chauwun unasuth saath ikasuth baasuth tirsuth chaunsuth unahuttur suttur ikahuttur buhuttur tihuttur chahuttur unyaasee ussee ikyaasee buyaasee tiraasee chauraasee nubbay ikyaanaway baanaway tiraanaway chauraanaway

sayntees urdtees sayntaalees urdtaalees suttaawun utthhaawun sursuth urdsuth sutahuttur uthahuttur suttaasee utthaasee nuwaasee suttaanaway utthhaanaway ninyaanaway

Note: Number 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 250

Reading sau sau dus sau bees sau tees sau chaalees deerh sau sau saath sau suttur sau ussee sau nubbay do sau dhai sau

Meaning 100 100 + 10 100 + 20 100 + 30 100 + 40 1 100 100 + 60 100 + 70 100 + 80 100 + 90 2 100 2 100

300 teen sau 3 100 350 sarhee teen sau ( + 3) 100 400 chaar sau 4 100 450 sarhee chaar sau ( + 4) 100 500 paanch sau 5 100 1000 ek hazar 1 1000 1500 pundrah sau 15 100 1550 sarhee pundrah sau ( + 15) 100 10000 dus hazar 10 1000 100000 ek lakh 1 100000 1000000 dus lakh 10 100000 10000000 ek karor 1 10000000 100000000 dus karor 10 10000000 The number 123456789 is read as follows: baaruh karor chauntees lakh chhuppun hazar saat sau nuwaasee 12 10000000 + 34 100000 + 56 1000 + 7 100 + 89

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