उन्यासी (unyaasii)
numeral
The numeral for '79' (seventy-nine), used both for counting and as an ordinal-like quantity marker before a noun.
Sense
1
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the number seventy-nine (79)
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numbers from 21 to 99 are famously irregular and not built from simple patterns the way English tens-and-units are, so native speakers themselves usually just recite them as memorized chunks (often learned in school as a sung or rhythmic table). Don't worry if उन्यासी (unyaasii) feels arbitrary next to अठहत्तर (athahattar, seventy-eight) or अस्सी (assii, eighty) -- that discontinuity is normal and every Hindi speaker went through the same rote-learning process as a child.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to build this compositionally from सत्तर (sattar, seventy) + नौ (nau, nine), but like most Hindi numbers 71-99 it is a fused, irregular form that must simply be memorized rather than derived. 2) It is easy to confuse with similar-sounding numbers in the seventies and eighties (e.g. उन्नासी-adjacent forms); careful listening practice with the sequence 76-79-89 helps distinguish them.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र उन्यासी साल है।
My grandfather's age is seventy-nine years.
(mere daadaajii kii umr unyaasii saal hai।)
इस बस में उन्यासी सीटें हैं।
There are seventy-nine seats in this bus.
(is bas men unyaasii siiten hain।)
पिछले साल हमारे स्कूल में उन्यासी बच्चों ने परीक्षा पास की थी।
Last year, seventy-nine children in our school passed the exam.
(pichhle saal hamaare skool men unyaasii bachchon ne pariikshaa paas kii thii।)
अगर उसे एक नंबर और मिल जाता, तो उसके उन्यासी अंक होते।
If he had gotten one more mark, he would have had seventy-nine marks.
(agar use ek nambar aur mil jaataa, to uske unyaasii ank hote।)
क्या इस इमारत में उन्यासी मंजिलें हैं?
Does this building have seventy-nine floors?
(kyaa is imaarat men unyaasii manjilen hain?)
अगली बार गिनते समय उन्यासी को मत भूलना।
Don't forget seventy-nine while counting next time.
(aglii baar ginte samay unyaasii ko mat bhoolnaa।)
शायद कमरे में उन्यासी किताबें रखी हों।
Perhaps there are seventy-nine books kept in the room.
(shaayad kamre men unyaasii kitaaben rakhii hon।)
उन्यासी रुपये में यह सामान नहीं मिलेगा।
You won't get this item for seventy-nine rupees.
(unyaasii rupye men yah saamaan nahiin milegaa।)
रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, उन्यासी प्रतिशत लोग इस योजना के पक्ष में थे।
According to the report, seventy-nine percent of people were in favor of this scheme.
(riport ke anusaar, unyaasii pratishat log is yojnaa ke paksh men the।)
टीम ने कुल उन्यासी रन बनाए और मैच हार गई।
The team scored a total of seventy-nine runs and lost the match.
(tiim ne kul unyaasii ran banaae aur maich haar gaii।)