बयालीस (bayaaliis)
numeral
The cardinal number 42 (forty-two).
Sense
1
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the number forty-two
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numerals from 1 to 100 each have their own distinct form rather than following a clean predictable pattern like English, so native speakers just learn them as a block growing up, the way English speakers memorize irregular verbs. There's no shortcut here beyond repetition and use in real contexts like prices, ages, and addresses.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are not built compositionally the way English is, so बयालीस (bayaaliis) simply has to be memorized as its own word rather than assembled from चालीस (chaaliis, forty) plus दो (do, two); learners often try to construct it logically and get it wrong. 2) It is easily confused with similar-sounding numbers in the forties like इकतालीस (iktaaliis, forty-one) and तैंतालीस (taintaaliis, forty-three), so careful listening is needed.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पिताजी की उम्र बयालीस साल है।
My father's age is forty-two years.
(mere pitaajii kii umr bayaaliis saal hai।)
इस किताब की कीमत बयालीस रुपये है।
This book's price is forty-two rupees.
(is kitaab kii kiimat bayaaliis rupye hai।)
हम मकान नंबर बयालीस में रहते हैं।
We live in house number forty-two.
(ham makaan nambar bayaaliis men rahte hain।)
पिछली परीक्षा में उसे बयालीस अंक मिले थे।
He got forty-two marks in the last exam.
(pichhlii pariikshaa men use bayaaliis ank mile the।)
अगर वह बयालीस अंक भी ला पाता, तो पास हो जाता।
If he had managed even forty-two marks, he would have passed.
(agar vah bayaaliis ank bhii laa paataa, to paas ho jaataa।)
क्या तुम्हारी उम्र बयालीस हो गई है?
Has your age become forty-two?
(kyaa tumhaarii umr bayaaliis ho gaii hai?)
कृपया बयालीस नंबर की सीट पर बैठिए।
Please sit in seat number forty-two.
(kripyaa bayaaliis nambar kii siit par baithie।)
अगली बार वह बयालीस साल का हो जाएगा।
Next time he will turn forty-two.
(aglii baar vah bayaaliis saal kaa ho jaaegaa।)
बयालीस डिग्री तापमान में बाहर निकलना मुश्किल है।
It is hard to go outside in forty-two degree temperature.
(bayaaliis digrii taapmaan men baahar nikalnaa mushkil hai।)