पचपन (pachpan)
numeral
The number fifty-five (pachpan), used for counting and quantities.
Sense
1
:
the number 55
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are each their own word rather than a clean compound, so पचपन (pachpan) is best learned by rote alongside its neighbors चौवन (chauvan, 54) and छप्पन (chhappan, 56) rather than derived on the fly.
Common Mistakes: 1) Like other Hindi numerals in the 50s, पचपन (pachpan) does not derive predictably from पचास (pachaas, fifty) plus पाँच (paanch, five) the way English '55' does -- it must simply be memorized as its own word, as is true across the Hindi teens and decades.
Sample Sentences:
मेरी नानी की उम्र पचपन साल है।
My grandmother's age is fifty-five years.
(merii naanii kii umr pachpan saal hai।)
इस बस में पचपन सीटें हैं।
This bus has fifty-five seats.
(is bas men pachpan siiten hain।)
पापा पचपन की उम्र में रिटायर हो गए।
Dad retired at the age of fifty-five.
(paapaa pachpan kii umr men ritaayar ho gae।)
अगर वह पचपन का होता, तो अब तक रिटायर हो जाता।
If he were fifty-five, he would have retired by now.
(agar vah pachpan kaa hotaa, to ab tak ritaayar ho jaataa।)
पचपन रुपये में यह किताब मिल जाएगी।
You'll get this book for fifty-five rupees.
(pachpan rupye men yah kitaab mil jaaegii।)
कृपया पचपन नंबर की सीट खाली कर दें।
Please vacate seat number fifty-five.
(kripyaa pachpan nambar kii siit khaalii kar den।)
शायद उसकी उम्र पचपन के आसपास हो।
Perhaps his age is around fifty-five.
(shaayad uskii umr pachpan ke aaspaas ho।)
इस मोहल्ले में पचपन घर हैं।
There are fifty-five houses in this neighborhood.
(is mohalle men pachpan ghar hain।)
पचपन साल पहले यहाँ एक छोटा सा गाँव था।
Fifty-five years ago, there was a small village here.
(pachpan saal pahle yahaan ek chhotaa saa gaanv thaa।)