इक्यानवे (ikyaanve)
numeral
The number ninety-one (ikyaanve), used for counting and in numeral expressions.
Sense
1
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the number 91
numeral
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: Like most two-digit Hindi numbers, इक्यानवे (ikyaanve) is one of those forms that even native speakers learn as a fixed chunk in school rather than by deriving it from नब्बे (nabbe, ninety) and एक (ek, one). You will meet it mostly in ages, prices, exam scores, and phone numbers rather than in everyday conversation.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals from 1 to 99 are each their own irregular word rather than a predictable compound of tens and units, so इक्यानवे (ikyaanve) must simply be memorized -- it does not decompose neatly the way English 'ninety-one' does.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादा जी इक्यानवे साल के हैं।
My grandfather is ninety-one years old.
(mere daadaa jii ikyaanve saal ke hain।)
इस किताब की कीमत इक्यानवे रुपये है।
This book costs ninety-one rupees.
(is kitaab kii kiimat ikyaanve rupye hai।)
उसे गणित में इक्यानवे नंबर मिले।
He got ninety-one marks in math.
(use ganit men ikyaanve nambar mile।)
मेरा रोल नंबर इक्यानवे है।
My roll number is ninety-one.
(meraa rol nambar ikyaanve hai।)
अगर वह इक्यानवे प्रतिशत लाता तो उसे स्कॉलरशिप मिल जाती।
If he had scored ninety-one percent, he would have gotten the scholarship.
(agar vah ikyaanve pratishat laataa to use skolarship mil jaatii।)
क्या उसकी उम्र सच में इक्यानवे साल है?
Is his age really ninety-one years?
(kyaa uskii umr sach men ikyaanve saal hai?)
अगली बस इक्यानवे नंबर की है।
The next bus is number ninety-one.
(aglii bas ikyaanve nambar kii hai।)
शायद इस बार पेट्रोल की कीमत इक्यानवे रुपये तक पहुँच जाए।
Perhaps the price of petrol will reach ninety-one rupees this time.
(shaayad is baar petrol kii kiimat ikyaanve rupye tak pahunch jaae।)