चौरानवे (chauraanve)

numeral The number 94 (ninety-four), used in counting and quantities.
Sense 1 : the number ninety-four
numeral Behaves like other Hindi numerals: precedes the noun it counts and does not inflect for the noun's gender or number.
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like all two-digit Hindi numerals, this one is a fossilized fusion (historically from चार (chaar) plus नब्बे (nabbe)) rather than a predictable compound, which is exactly why Hindi speakers rely on rote memorization tables up to 100 rather than a formula the way English speakers do.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to build this compositionally from चार (chaar, four) and नब्बे (nabbe, ninety) the way English says 'ninety-four' -- Hindi numerals from 21-99 are memorized as single fused words, not assembled on the fly, so चौरानवे (chauraanve) must simply be learned as its own item.
Sample Sentences:
इस किताब में चौरानवे पन्ने हैं। This book has ninety-four pages.
(is kitaab men chauraanve panne hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र चौरानवे साल थी जब उनका निधन हुआ। My grandfather was ninety-four years old when he passed away.
(mere daadaajii kii umr chauraanve saal thii jab unkaa nidhan huaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उसे परीक्षा में सौ में से चौरानवे अंक मिले। He got ninety-four marks out of a hundred in the exam.
(use pariikshaa men sau men se chauraanve ank mile।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या इस बस में चौरानवे सीटें हैं? Does this bus have ninety-four seats?
(kyaa is bas men chauraanve siiten hain?)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर वहाँ चौरानवे लोग आते, तो हॉल पूरा भर जाता। If ninety-four people had come, the hall would have been completely full.
(agar vahaan chauraanve log aate, to hol pooraa bhar jaataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
इस मोहल्ले में चौरानवे घर बनाए गए हैं। Ninety-four houses have been built in this neighborhood.
(is mohalle men chauraanve ghar banaae gae hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
कृपया चौरानवे नंबर की सीट खाली कर दीजिए। Please vacate seat number ninety-four.
(kripyaa chauraanve nambar kii siit khaalii kar diijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
शायद टीम ने चौरानवे रन बनाए हों। Perhaps the team scored ninety-four runs.
(shaayad tiim ne chauraanve ran banaae hon।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
अगले साल तक कंपनी में चौरानवे कर्मचारी हो जाएँगे। By next year, the company will have ninety-four employees.
(agle saal tak kampnii men chauraanve karmchaarii ho jaaenge।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
गाँव की कुल आबादी चौरानवे परिवारों की है। The village's total population consists of ninety-four families.
(gaanv kii kul aabaadii chauraanve parivaaron kii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active