पचहत्तर (pachahattar)
numeral
The number seventy-five (pachahattar); a single numeral sense with no other common usage.
Sense
1
:
the number 75
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like most Hindi numbers between 21 and 99, पचहत्तर (pachahattar) is not built predictably from 'five' (paanch) and 'seventy' (sattar) the way English compounds its teens and tens -- it is its own memorized word, which is why native speakers just say numbers fluently without mentally decomposing them, while learners often pause to do the math.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse पचहत्तर (pachahattar, 75) with पैंसठ (painsath, 65) or सत्तर (sattar, 70) since Hindi numerals from 60-99 do not follow a transparent additive pattern the way English 'sixty-five' or 'seventy' do -- each one really has to be learned as its own word.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादा जी की उम्र पचहत्तर साल है।
My grandfather is seventy-five years old.
(mere daadaa jii kii umr pachahattar saal hai।)
इस किताब में पचहत्तर पन्ने हैं।
This book has seventy-five pages.
(is kitaab men pachahattar panne hain।)
उसने पिछले महीने पचहत्तर हजार रुपये कमाए।
He earned seventy-five thousand rupees last month.
(usne pichhle mahiine pachahattar hajaar rupye kamaae।)
अगर हम पचहत्तर लोगों को बुलाएँ, तो हॉल छोटा पड़ जाएगा।
If we invite seventy-five people, the hall will fall short.
(agar ham pachahattar logon ko bulaaen, to hol chhotaa pad jaaegaa।)
काश मेरे पास पचहत्तर हजार रुपये होते, तो मैं यह गाड़ी खरीद लेता।
I wish I had seventy-five thousand rupees, then I would have bought this car.
(kaash mere paas pachahattar hajaar rupye hote, to main yah gaadii khariid letaa।)
पचहत्तर रुपये में यह सामान मिल जाएगा।
You'll get this item for seventy-five rupees.
(pachahattar rupye men yah saamaan mil jaaegaa।)
देश ने अपनी आज़ादी के पचहत्तर साल पूरे किए।
The country completed seventy-five years of its independence.
(desh ne apnii aazaadii ke pachahattar saal poore kie।)
यह मूर्ति पचहत्तर साल पहले बनाई गई थी।
This statue was made seventy-five years ago.
(yah moorti pachahattar saal pahle banaaii gaii thii।)
क्या तुमने कभी सोचा है कि पचहत्तर की उम्र में भी वह दौड़ लगाते हैं?
Have you ever thought that even at the age of seventy-five, he goes for a run?
(kyaa tumne kabhii sochaa hai ki pachahattar kii umr men bhii vah daud lagaate hain?)
कृपया फॉर्म में अपनी उम्र लिखें, जैसे पचहत्तर।
Please write your age on the form, like seventy-five.
(kripyaa phorm men apnii umr likhen, jaise pachahattar।)