उनतालीस (untaaliis)
numeral
The cardinal number 39 (thirty-nine) in Hindi's traditional counting system.
Sense
1
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the number thirty-nine
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like many Hindi numbers ending in nine, उनतालीस (untaaliis) historically means 'one less than forty,' echoing an old pattern (compare उनतीस, untiis, 'one less than thirty'). You will meet it mostly in practical contexts like ages, prices, or bus and train numbers rather than in conversation for its own sake.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numbers 1-99 are each an individually memorized word rather than built compositionally from tens and units, so उनतालीस (untaaliis) must simply be learned as its own item, not derived from तीस (tiis, thirty) plus नौ (nau, nine). 2) It is easy to confuse with the visually and phonetically similar numbers around it, such as उनतीस (untiis, twenty-nine) and उनचास (unchaas, forty-nine), all of which use the same 'one-less-than' pattern for the following decade.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पिता की उम्र उनतालीस साल है।
My father's age is thirty-nine years.
(mere pitaa kii umr untaaliis saal hai।)
यह किताब उनतालीस रुपये की है।
This book costs thirty-nine rupees.
(yah kitaab untaaliis rupye kii hai।)
हमारी बस नंबर उनतालीस है।
Our bus number is thirty-nine.
(hamaarii bas nambar untaaliis hai।)
पिछले साल वह उनतालीस साल का था।
Last year he was thirty-nine years old.
(pichhle saal vah untaaliis saal kaa thaa।)
अगले महीने उसकी उम्र उनतालीस हो जाएगी।
Next month his age will become thirty-nine.
(agle mahiine uskii umr untaaliis ho jaaegii।)
अगर टिकट उनतालीस रुपये का होता, तो मैं दो खरीद लेता।
If the ticket had cost thirty-nine rupees, I would have bought two.
(agar tikat untaaliis rupye kaa hotaa, to main do khariid letaa।)
क्या इस ट्रेन का नंबर उनतालीस है?
Is this train's number thirty-nine?
(kyaa is tren kaa nambar untaaliis hai?)
कृपया प्लेटफ़ॉर्म उनतालीस पर पहुँचिए।
Please arrive at platform thirty-nine.
(kripyaa pletform untaaliis par pahunchie।)
स्कूल में उनतालीस बच्चे दाखिल किए गए।
Thirty-nine children were admitted to the school.
(skool men untaaliis bachche daakhil kie gae।)
शायद उसकी उम्र उनतालीस के आसपास हो।
His age might be around thirty-nine.
(shaayad uskii umr untaaliis ke aaspaas ho।)