बानवे (baanve)
numeral
This is simply the Hindi numeral for 92 (English 'ninety-two').
Sense
1
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the number 92
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like all Hindi numbers in the 90s, बानवे (baanve) is built on a historical contraction of नब्बे (nabbe, ninety) and दो (do, two), though the modern word doesn't sound like a simple sum of the two anymore. Learners usually find it easiest to just drill the 91-99 block as a set, the way you'd memorize irregular verbs.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are each an individual memorized word rather than a predictable combination of tens and units, so बानवे (baanve) has to be learned on its own like the others nearby (इक्यानवे ikyaanve for 91, तिरानवे tiraanve for 93) rather than derived from नब्बे (nabbe, ninety) plus दो (do, two).
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र बानवे साल है।
My grandfather is ninety-two years old.
(mere daadaajii kii umr baanve saal hai।)
इस किताब में कुल बानवे पन्ने हैं।
This book has ninety-two pages in total.
(is kitaab men kul baanve panne hain।)
उसे परीक्षा में सौ में से बानवे नंबर मिले।
He got ninety-two marks out of a hundred in the exam.
(use pariikshaa men sau men se baanve nambar mile।)
हमारी टीम ने बानवे रन बनाए।
Our team scored ninety-two runs.
(hamaarii tiim ne baanve ran banaae।)
बानवे रुपये दे दो, बाकी कल दे देना।
Give me ninety-two rupees now, give the rest tomorrow.
(baanve rupye de do, baakii kal de denaa।)
अगर वह बानवे नंबर लाता, तो उसे स्कॉलरशिप मिल जाती।
If he had scored ninety-two marks, he would have gotten the scholarship.
(agar vah baanve nambar laataa, to use skolarship mil jaatii।)
सन उन्नीस सौ बानवे में मेरे माता-पिता की शादी हुई थी।
In the year nineteen ninety-two, my parents got married.
(san unniis sau baanve men mere maataa-pitaa kii shaadii huii thii।)
क्या इस बस में बानवे सीटें हैं?
Does this bus have ninety-two seats?
(kyaa is bas men baanve siiten hain?)
गिनती करते समय वह उनतालीस पर अटक गया और बानवे तक पहुँचने में उसे काफी वक्त लगा।
While counting, he got stuck at thirty-nine, and it took him quite a while to reach ninety-two.
(gintii karte samay vah untaaliis par atak gayaa aur baanve tak pahunchne men use kaaphii vakt lagaa।)