तैंतालीस (taintaaliis)
numeral
The cardinal number 43 (forty-three). A single-sense numeral used to count and to label positions in a sequence.
Sense
1
:
the number 43
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like most two-digit Hindi numbers, तैंतालीस (taintaaliis) is one of nearly a hundred distinct number-words with no predictable pattern, which is why Hindi speakers who grew up in India often just recite the whole 1-100 list from memory rather than compute numbers the way English speakers do. You will meet it most often in ages, prices, roll numbers, and addresses.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to build this number compositionally from तीन (tiin, 'three') and चालीस (chaaliis, 'forty') the way English says 'forty-three' -- Hindi numerals 21-99 are memorized as single unpredictable words, and तैंतालीस (taintaaliis) must simply be learned as its own item rather than derived. 2) The nasalized ऐं is sometimes misspelled or mispronounced as a plain ऐ; the nasal sound is essential to the word.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पिताजी की उम्र तैंतालीस साल है।
My father's age is forty-three years.
(mere pitaajii kii umr taintaaliis saal hai।)
इस किताब की कीमत तैंतालीस रुपये थी।
This book's price was forty-three rupees.
(is kitaab kii kiimat taintaaliis rupye thii।)
मेरा रोल नंबर तैंतालीस है।
My roll number is forty-three.
(meraa rol nambar taintaaliis hai।)
अगले महीने वह तैंतालीस साल का हो जाएगा।
Next month he will turn forty-three.
(agle mahiine vah taintaaliis saal kaa ho jaaegaa।)
हमारा घर तैंतालीस नंबर वाली गली में है।
Our house is on lane number forty-three.
(hamaaraa ghar taintaaliis nambar vaalii galii men hai।)
काश उसकी उम्र तैंतालीस होती, तो वह इतनी थकी हुई न दिखती।
If only she were forty-three, she wouldn't look this tired.
(kaash uskii umr taintaaliis hotii, to vah itnii thakii huii n dikhtii।)
अगर बस में तैंतालीस सीटें हों, तो सब आराम से बैठ सकते हैं।
If the bus has forty-three seats, everyone can sit comfortably.
(agar bas men taintaaliis siiten hon, to sab aaraam se baith sakte hain।)
मकान नंबर तैंतालीस ढूंढ लो, वहीं पार्टी हो रही है।
Find house number forty-three, the party is happening right there.
(makaan nambar taintaaliis dhoondh lo, vahiin paartii ho rahii hai।)
परीक्षा में तैंतालीस छात्रों ने भाग लिया।
Forty-three students participated in the exam.
(pariikshaa men taintaaliis chhaatron ne bhaag liyaa।)
यह इमारत तैंतालीस साल पहले बनाई गई थी।
This building was built forty-three years ago.
(yah imaarat taintaaliis saal pahle banaaii gaii thii।)