अड़तीस (adtiis)
numeral
The cardinal number thirty-eight (adtiis).
Sense
1
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the number 38
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are famously irregular, each one really a fused, historically contracted word rather than a predictable combination of tens and units -- so native speakers themselves often pause to double check unfamiliar ones like अड़तीस (adtiis) when reading phone numbers or prices aloud. It is worth simply drilling these numerals as vocabulary items, the way you would drill irregular verbs.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often mix up अड़तीस (adtiis, '38') with अट्ठाईस (atthaaiis, '28') or अड़सठ (adsath, '68') since the Hindi numerals 21-99 do not follow a predictable tens-plus-units pattern like English and must be learned as individual words. 2) As with all Hindi numerals above one, it precedes the noun it counts and the noun stays in its base (or oblique, if the sentence calls for it) form: अड़तीस किताबें (adtiis kitaaben, 'thirty-eight books'), not a plural marker on the numeral itself.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पिताजी की उम्र अड़तीस साल है।
My father's age is thirty-eight years.
(mere pitaajii kii umr adtiis saal hai।)
इस बस में अड़तीस सीटें हैं।
This bus has thirty-eight seats.
(is bas men adtiis siiten hain।)
पिछले साल हमारी टीम ने अड़तीस मैच जीते थे।
Last year our team won thirty-eight matches.
(pichhle saal hamaarii tiim ne adtiis maich jiite the।)
अगले महीने तक यहाँ अड़तीस नए मकान बन जाएँगे।
By next month, thirty-eight new houses will be built here.
(agle mahiine tak yahaan adtiis nae makaan ban jaaenge।)
ज़रा फिर से बताना, क्या वो अड़तीस नंबर वाली सीट है?
Tell me again, is that seat number thirty-eight?
(zaraa phir se bataanaa, kyaa vo adtiis nambar vaalii siit hai?)
अगर उसके अड़तीस अंक और होते, तो वह पास हो जाता।
If he had thirty-eight more marks, he would have passed.
(agar uske adtiis ank aur hote, to vah paas ho jaataa।)
कमरा नंबर अड़तीस दूसरी मंज़िल पर स्थित है।
Room number thirty-eight is located on the second floor.
(kamraa nambar adtiis doosrii manzil par sthit hai।)
क्या तुम्हें यकीन है कि यह फ़ोन नंबर अड़तीस से शुरू होता है?
Are you sure this phone number starts with thirty-eight?
(kyaa tumhen yakiin hai ki yah fon nambar adtiis se shuroo hotaa hai?)
शायद उसकी उम्र अड़तीस के आसपास हो।
Perhaps his age is around thirty-eight.
(shaayad uskii umr adtiis ke aaspaas ho।)
सरकारी रिकॉर्ड में उसकी दुकान का नंबर अड़तीस दर्ज है।
In the government records, his shop's number is registered as thirty-eight.
(sarkaarii rikord men uskii dukaan kaa nambar adtiis darj hai।)