इक्यासी (ikyaasii)

numeral The number 81 (eighty-one), used for counting and in dates, ages, and quantities.
Sense 1 : the number 81
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Numbers like इक्यासी (ikyaasii) show up constantly in everyday contexts -- prices, ages, phone numbers, cricket scores -- and native speakers rattle them off from rote memory learned in school; there is no shortcut, so repeated exposure is the real way to internalize the 21-99 range.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are not built from a predictable pattern like English "eighty" + "one" -- each one (including इक्यासी (ikyaasii)) is essentially memorized as its own word, so learners should not try to derive it logically from अस्सी (assii, 'eighty') and एक (ek, 'one').
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र इक्यासी साल है। My grandfather's age is eighty-one years.
(mere daadaajii kii umr ikyaasii saal hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यह किताब इक्यासी रुपये की है। This book costs eighty-one rupees.
(yah kitaab ikyaasii rupye kii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
टीम ने पहली पारी में इक्यासी रन बनाए। The team scored eighty-one runs in the first innings.
(tiim ne pahlii paarii men ikyaasii ran banaae।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उसका फोन नंबर इक्यासी से शुरू होता है। His phone number starts with eighty-one.
(uskaa phon nambar ikyaasii se shuroo hotaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर हम इक्यासी लोगों को बुला लें, तो हॉल भर जाएगा। If we invite eighty-one people, the hall will fill up.
(agar ham ikyaasii logon ko bulaa len, to hol bhar jaaegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
काश उसकी उम्र इक्यासी होती, तो वह अभी भी दौड़ लगा रहा होता। If only he were eighty-one, he would still be running.
(kaash uskii umr ikyaasii hotii, to vah abhii bhii daud lagaa rahaa hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Continuous -- Voice: Active
कृपया इक्यासी नंबर वाले कमरे में जाइए। Please go to room number eighty-one.
(kripyaa ikyaasii nambar vaale kamre men jaaie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
पिछले साल इक्यासी छात्रों ने परीक्षा पास की थी। Last year, eighty-one students passed the exam.
(pichhle saal ikyaasii chhaatron ne pariikshaa paas kii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इक्यासी में एक हज़ार से एक कम नहीं होता, बल्कि यह अस्सी और एक का जोड़ है। Eighty-one is not a thousand minus one; rather it is the sum of eighty and one.
(ikyaasii men ek hazaar se ek kam nahiin hotaa, balki yah assii aur ek kaa jod hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इक्यासी बक्से गोदाम में रखे गए थे। Eighty-one boxes had been kept in the warehouse.
(ikyaasii bakse godaam men rakhe gae the।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive