चवालीस (chavaaliis)
numeral
The cardinal number 44 (forty-four).
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the number 44
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numbers from 21 to 99 are famously irregular, and चवालीस (chavaaliis) is a good example -- there's no clean rule linking it to चार (chaar) and चालीस (chaaliis), so native speakers just know it as a whole unit from childhood counting drills. Most Delhi-NCR learners eventually memorize these numbers in blocks of ten rather than trying to derive each one logically.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to build this compositionally from चालीस (chaaliis, forty) plus चार (chaar, four), but like most Hindi numbers 21-99, चवालीस (chavaaliis) is a fused, unpredictable form that just has to be memorized rather than derived. 2) It is easy to mix up with similar-sounding numbers in the forties and other decades (e.g. चौवालीस-adjacent numbers); when precision matters, confirm the digit rather than guessing from sound alone.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पापा की उम्र चवालीस साल है।
My dad is forty-four years old.
(mere paapaa kii umr chavaaliis saal hai।)
इस बस में चवालीस सीटें हैं।
This bus has forty-four seats.
(is bas men chavaaliis siiten hain।)
पिछले साल हमारी टीम ने चवालीस मैच खेले थे।
Last year our team played forty-four matches.
(pichhle saal hamaarii tiim ne chavaaliis maich khele the।)
अगले महीने वह चवालीस का हो जाएगा।
Next month he will turn forty-four.
(agle mahiine vah chavaaliis kaa ho jaaegaa।)
कृपया चवालीस नंबर की रसीद मुझे दे दीजिए।
Please give me the receipt numbered forty-four.
(kripyaa chavaaliis nambar kii rasiid mujhe de diijie।)
अगर उसके पास चवालीस रुपये होते, तो वह वह किताब खरीद लेता।
If he had had forty-four rupees, he would have bought that book.
(agar uske paas chavaaliis rupye hote, to vah vah kitaab khariid letaa।)
क्या इस डिब्बे में चवालीस पेंसिलें हैं?
Are there forty-four pencils in this box?
(kyaa is dibbe men chavaaliis pensilen hain?)
स्कूल में हर साल कक्षा में चवालीस बच्चे भर्ती किए जाते हैं।
Every year forty-four children are admitted to the class in this school.
(skool men har saal kakshaa men chavaaliis bachche bhartii kie jaate hain।)
शायद उसकी उम्र चवालीस के आसपास हो।
Perhaps his age is around forty-four.
(shaayad uskii umr chavaaliis ke aaspaas ho।)