सत्तावन (sattaavan)
numeral
The cardinal number '57' (fifty-seven), used for counting and quantities like any other Hindi numeral.
Sense
1
:
the number fifty-seven
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like all two-digit Hindi numbers, सत्तावन (sattaavan) has its own irregular shape rather than a predictable tens-plus-units pattern -- native speakers just memorize the 1 to 100 sequence as children, and adult learners are best served doing the same in small chunks rather than looking for logic in the endings.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to build this compositionally from सात (saat, 'seven') and पचास (pachaas, 'fifty') the way English does with 'fifty-seven' -- Hindi numerals 21-99 are memorized as single unpredictable words, and सत्तावन (sattaavan) must simply be learned as its own item rather than derived.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पापा की उम्र सत्तावन साल है।
My father is fifty-seven years old.
(mere paapaa kii umr sattaavan saal hai।)
इस किताब में सत्तावन पन्ने हैं।
This book has fifty-seven pages.
(is kitaab men sattaavan panne hain।)
पिछले साल इस स्कूल से सत्तावन बच्चों ने परीक्षा पास की।
Last year, fifty-seven children from this school passed the exam.
(pichhle saal is skool se sattaavan bachchon ne pariikshaa paas kii।)
अगले महीने तक यह संख्या सत्तावन तक पहुँच जाएगी।
By next month, this number will reach fifty-seven.
(agle mahiine tak yah sankhyaa sattaavan tak pahunch jaaegii।)
क्या यहाँ सत्तावन लोगों के बैठने की जगह है?
Is there room here for fifty-seven people to sit?
(kyaa yahaan sattaavan logon ke baithne kii jagah hai?)
अगर टीम में सत्तावन खिलाड़ी होते, तो चुनना मुश्किल होता।
If there were fifty-seven players on the team, choosing would be difficult.
(agar tiim men sattaavan khilaadii hote, to chunnaa mushkil hotaa।)
कृपया इन सत्तावन फाइलों को अलग रख दें।
Please set these fifty-seven files aside.
(kripyaa in sattaavan phaailon ko alag rakh den।)
उस गाँव की कुल आबादी सत्तावन परिवारों की थी।
That village's total population was fifty-seven families.
(us gaanv kii kul aabaadii sattaavan parivaaron kii thii।)
सत्तावन रुपये में यह चीज़ मिल जाएगी क्या?
Will this thing be available for fifty-seven rupees?
(sattaavan rupye men yah chiiz mil jaaegii kyaa?)
उस हादसे में सत्तावन गाड़ियाँ क्षतिग्रस्त हो गईं।
Fifty-seven vehicles were damaged in that accident.
(us haadse men sattaavan gaadiyaan kshatigrast ho gaiin।)