सत्रह (satrah)

numeral The number seventeen (17), used both for counting and as a numeral adjective before nouns.
Sense 1 : the number seventeen
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Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Numbers in Hindi from 1 to 99 are mostly learned as individual memorized words rather than built from a clean formula, and सत्रह (satrah) is one of these -- there is no shortcut from सात (saat, 'seven') plus दस (das, 'ten') the way English builds 'seventeen' from 'seven' and 'teen'. Most learners just drill the teens as a block.
Common Mistakes: 1) सत्रह (satrah) is invariant regardless of the gender or number of the noun it modifies, unlike ordinal or quantity words that some learners expect to change form: सत्रह किताबें (satrah kitaaben, 'seventeen books') and सत्रह लड़के (satrah ladke, 'seventeen boys') both use the same form.
Sample Sentences:
मेरी बेटी सत्रह साल की हो गई है। My daughter has turned seventeen years old.
(merii betii satrah saal kii ho gaii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस डिब्बे में सत्रह बिस्किट थे, अब सिर्फ दो बचे हैं। There were seventeen biscuits in this box, now only two are left.
(is dibbe men satrah biskit the, ab sirph do bache hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम सत्रह तक गिन सकते हो? Can you count up to seventeen?
(kyaa tum satrah tak gin sakte ho?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर मेरे पास सत्रह हज़ार रुपये होते, तो मैं यह लैपटॉप खरीद लेता। If I had seventeen thousand rupees, I would buy this laptop.
(agar mere paas satrah hazaar rupye hote, to main yah laiptop khariid letaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
कमरा सत्रह नंबर में चले जाओ, डॉक्टर वहीं बैठे हैं। Go to room number seventeen, the doctor is sitting right there.
(kamraa satrah nambar men chale jaao, doktar vahiin baithe hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
इस मोहल्ले में सत्रह परिवार रहते हैं। Seventeen families live in this neighborhood.
(is mohalle men satrah parivaar rahte hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
टीम को सत्रह रन और चाहिए जीतने के लिए। The team needs seventeen more runs to win.
(tiim ko satrah ran aur chaahie jiitne ke lie।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यह पुल सत्रह सौ रुपये की लागत से बनाया गया था। This bridge was built at a cost of seventeen hundred rupees.
(yah pul satrah sau rupye kii laagat se banaayaa gayaa thaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
शायद उसकी उम्र सत्रह के आसपास ही होगी। Perhaps his age is around seventeen or so.
(shaayad uskii umr satrah ke aaspaas hii hogii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अगली ट्रेन सत्रह नंबर प्लेटफ़ॉर्म से छूटेगी। The next train will leave from platform number seventeen.
(aglii tren satrah nambar pletform se chhootegii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
उसने अपनी ज़िंदगी के सत्रह साल इस कंपनी को दे दिए। He gave seventeen years of his life to this company.
(usne apnii zindgii ke satrah saal is kampnii ko de die।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active