सैंतालीस (saintaaliis)

numeral The number 47 (saintaaliis), used for counting and referencing quantities, ages, and other numeric contexts like any cardinal numeral.
Sense 1 : the number 47
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like most two-digit Hindi numbers, सैंतालीस (saintaaliis) is a fused, irregular form rather than a predictable combination of tens and units -- this is exactly why Hindi speakers, even fluent ones, often reach for digits or a calculator rather than say a number like this aloud in one breath. It most commonly comes up in ages ('मैं सैंतालीस साल का हूँ', main saintaaliis saal kaa hoon, 'I am 47 years old'), prices, or addresses.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to build this number compositionally from सात (saat, 'seven') and चालीस (chaaliis, 'forty') the way English stacks 'forty' plus 'seven' -- Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are memorized as fused, often irregular forms, and सैंतालीस (saintaaliis) does not visibly decompose that way, so it just has to be learned as its own word.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पापा सैंतालीस साल के हैं। My father is 47 years old.
(mere paapaa saintaaliis saal ke hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
हमारा घर सैंतालीस नंबर पर है। Our house is at number 47.
(hamaaraa ghar saintaaliis nambar par hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस किताब की कीमत सैंतालीस रुपये थी। This book's price was forty-seven rupees.
(is kitaab kii kiimat saintaaliis rupye thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
पचास में से सैंतालीस बच्चे परीक्षा में पास हुए। Forty-seven out of fifty children passed the exam.
(pachaas men se saintaaliis bachche pariikshaa men paas hue।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर मैं सैंतालीस साल का होता, तो शायद रिटायर होने की सोचता। If I were 47 years old, I would perhaps think about retiring.
(agar main saintaaliis saal kaa hotaa, to shaayad ritaayar hone kii sochtaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हारा रोल नंबर सैंतालीस है? Is your roll number 47?
(kyaa tumhaaraa rol nambar saintaaliis hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बस स्टॉप पर सैंतालीस नंबर की बस का इंतज़ार करो। Wait for bus number 47 at the bus stop.
(bas stop par saintaaliis nambar kii bas kaa intzaar karo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
कुल सैंतालीस उम्मीदवारों ने आवेदन दिया था। A total of forty-seven candidates had applied.
(kul saintaaliis ummiidvaaron ne aavedan diyaa thaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम सैंतालीस का पहाड़ा याद कर लो, तो गणित आसान हो जाएगा। If you memorize the multiplication table of forty-seven, math will become easy.
(agar tum saintaaliis kaa pahaadaa yaad kar lo, to ganit aasaan ho jaaegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active