इकतालीस (iktaaliis)
numeral
The number forty-one (41), used both for counting and as an ordinal-style label (e.g. in ages, dates, quantities).
Sense
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the number 41
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numbers from 21 to 99 are each irregular and idiosyncratic (unlike the clean tens-and-units logic of English), so native speakers themselves often rely on rote memory or written digits rather than composing numbers on the fly -- do not feel bad about needing flashcards for this one.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals 21-99 are not built from a predictable pattern the way English is -- इकतालीस (iktaaliis) must simply be learned as its own word, like all numbers in this range. 2) Do not confuse with इकतीस (iktiis, 'thirty-one') or चालीस (chaaliis, 'forty') -- the similar sound of the middle syllables trips learners up.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पिताजी की उम्र इकतालीस साल है।
My father is forty-one years old.
(mere pitaajii kii umr iktaaliis saal hai।)
इस बस में इकतालीस सीटें हैं।
This bus has forty-one seats.
(is bas men iktaaliis siiten hain।)
पिछले साल हमारी टीम ने इकतालीस मैच जीते थे।
Last year our team won forty-one matches.
(pichhle saal hamaarii tiim ne iktaaliis maich jiite the।)
अगले महीने वह इकतालीस साल का हो जाएगा।
Next month he will turn forty-one years old.
(agle mahiine vah iktaaliis saal kaa ho jaaegaa।)
कृपया पन्ना इकतालीस खोलिए।
Please open page forty-one.
(kripyaa pannaa iktaaliis kholie।)
अगर इस कक्षा में इकतालीस बच्चे होते, तो एक और अध्यापक की ज़रूरत पड़ती।
If there were forty-one children in this class, another teacher would be needed.
(agar is kakshaa men iktaaliis bachche hote, to ek aur adhyaapak kii zaroorat padtii।)
शायद इस बार इकतालीस लोग परीक्षा में बैठें।
Perhaps forty-one people will sit for the exam this time.
(shaayad is baar iktaaliis log pariikshaa men baithen।)
इकतालीस याद रखना मुश्किल है, इसलिए मैं इसे लिखकर रखता हूँ।
Forty-one is hard to remember, so I keep it written down.
(iktaaliis yaad rakhnaa mushkil hai, islie main ise likhkar rakhtaa hoon।)
इस गाँव की कुल आबादी इकतालीस हज़ार बताई गई है।
The total population of this village is stated to be forty-one thousand.
(is gaanv kii kul aabaadii iktaaliis hazaar bataaii gaii hai।)