Modern Hindi Grammar - Indian Institute of Language Studies (IILS)

3. MORPHOLOGY

inanyaanavao ninya:nave 99 saaO sø 100

SaUnya šu:ny zero hja,ar haza:r 1,000

Starting with one hundred, the numerals proceed regularly.

(ek) saaO (ek) sø 100

ek saaO ek ek sø ek 101

ek saaO dao ek sø do 102

dao saaO do sø 200

dao saaO do sø ek 201

ek hja,ar ek haza:r 1000
dao hja,ar tIna do haza:r ti:n 2003
dao hja,ar saat do haza:r sa:t 2007

The numerals one thousand and above are as follows.

(ek) hja,ar (ek) haza:r one thousand
dsa hja,ar das haza:r ten thousand
laaK la:kh hundred thousand
dsa laaK das la:kh million
kraoD, karor ten million
Arba arab thousand million (billion)
Krba kharab hundred billion

3.3.6.2. Ordinals

The first six ordinals are phlaa pahla: ‘first,’ dUsara du:stra: ‘second’;
tIsara ti:sra: ‘third’; caaOqaa cøtha: ‘fourth’; paMcavaa pã:cva: ‘fifth’; Cza
chatha: ‘sixth.’ The suffix - AaM -ã is added to the cardinals from
seven onwards to make ordinals: saatvaaM sa:tvã: ‘seventh’; AazvaaM a:thvã:
‘eighth’; naaOvaaM navã: ‘ninth’; dsavaaM dasvã: ‘tenth’; baIsavaaM bi:svã:
‘twentieth’; tIsavaaM ti:svã: ‘thirteenth’; saaOvaaM søvã: ‘hundredth’; hja,arvaaM
haza:rvã: ‘thousandth’ etc.

Adjectives of Quantity

Nouns denoting measure, and weight preceded by a numeral or by
an adjective denoting an indefinite number, such as kao[- koi: or kuC
kuch, are used as adjectives of quantity.