छिहत्तर (chhihattar)
numeral
The cardinal number 76 (chhihattar). A single-sense numeral with no other common usage.
Sense
1
:
the number 76
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like most Hindi numbers between 21 and 99, छिहत्तर (chhihattar) is a fused, irregular form rather than a compound you can build from छह (chhah, 'six') and सत्तर (sattar, 'seventy') -- native speakers just know it as a whole word, the way English speakers know 'eleven' isn't 'ten-one.'
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse छिहत्तर (chhihattar, '76') with similar-sounding numbers in the 70s like सत्तर (sattar, '70') or छियासी (chhiyaasii, '86') -- Hindi numerals 1-99 are each memorized individually rather than built predictably from tens and units, so there is no shortcut but repetition.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे नाना जी की उम्र छिहत्तर साल है।
My maternal grandfather is seventy-six years old.
(mere naanaa jii kii umr chhihattar saal hai।)
इस किताब में छिहत्तर पन्ने हैं।
This book has seventy-six pages.
(is kitaab men chhihattar panne hain।)
पिछले साल हमारी टीम ने छिहत्तर रन बनाए थे।
Last year our team had scored seventy-six runs.
(pichhle saal hamaarii tiim ne chhihattar ran banaae the।)
क्या इस हॉल में छिहत्तर कुर्सियाँ रखी जाएँगी?
Will seventy-six chairs be placed in this hall?
(kyaa is hol men chhihattar kursiyaan rakhii jaaengii?)
अगर छिहत्तर लोग आते तो हॉल पूरा भर जाता।
If seventy-six people had come, the hall would have been completely full.
(agar chhihattar log aate to hol pooraa bhar jaataa।)
कृपया छिहत्तर नंबर की सीट पर बैठिए।
Please sit on seat number seventy-six.
(kripyaa chhihattar nambar kii siit par baithie।)
भारत को आज़ाद हुए अब छिहत्तर साल से ज़्यादा हो चुके हैं।
It has now been more than seventy-six years since India became independent.
(bhaarat ko aazaad hue ab chhihattar saal se zyaadaa ho chuke hain।)
शायद इस बार परीक्षा में छिहत्तर बच्चे शामिल हों।
Perhaps seventy-six children will be included in the exam this time.
(shaayad is baar pariikshaa men chhihattar bachche shaamil hon।)
दुकानदार ने बताया कि आज छिहत्तर किलो आटा बिक गया।
The shopkeeper said that seventy-six kilos of flour were sold today.
(dukaandaar ne bataayaa ki aaj chhihattar kilo aataa bik gayaa।)