सैंतीस (saintiis)
numeral
The number thirty-seven; a single-sense cardinal numeral with no complications.
Sense
1
:
the number 37
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numerals from 1 to 100 are each a distinct word rather than a predictable compound, a leftover of how the number system evolved historically -- native speakers just memorize them as children the way English speakers memorize irregular verbs. There is no special cultural weight to सैंतीस (saintiis) itself; it behaves exactly like any other number in the teens-to-nineties range.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse सैंतीस (saintiis, '37') with सैंतालीस (saintaaliis, '47') or सत्रह (satrah, '17') due to similar sound patterns -- Hindi numerals 11-99 are not built from a predictable formula the way English ones are, so each has to be learned as its own word. 2) Like most Hindi numerals, it stays the same before both masculine and feminine nouns (सैंतीस लड़के saintiis ladke, 'thirty-seven boys' and सैंतीस लड़कियाँ saintiis ladkiyaan, 'thirty-seven girls'), which can feel odd if you are expecting adjective-like agreement.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पापा की उम्र सैंतीस साल है।
My father is thirty-seven years old.
(mere paapaa kii umr saintiis saal hai।)
इस बस में सैंतीस सीटें हैं।
This bus has thirty-seven seats.
(is bas men saintiis siiten hain।)
पिछले साल हमारी टीम ने सैंतीस मैच जीते थे।
Last year our team won thirty-seven matches.
(pichhle saal hamaarii tiim ne saintiis maich jiite the।)
अगले महीने तक कंपनी में सैंतीस नए कर्मचारी जुड़ जाएंगे।
By next month, thirty-seven new employees will have joined the company.
(agle mahiine tak kampnii men saintiis nae karmchaarii jud jaaenge।)
कृपया पेज सैंतीस खोलिए।
Please open to page thirty-seven.
(kripyaa pej saintiis kholie।)
अगर उसके सैंतीस अंक और होते, तो वह पास हो जाता।
If he had thirty-seven more marks, he would have passed.
(agar uske saintiis ank aur hote, to vah paas ho jaataa।)
इस मोहल्ले में सैंतीस मकान हैं, ऐसा सुना है।
There are supposedly thirty-seven houses in this neighborhood, or so I've heard.
(is mohalle men saintiis makaan hain, aisaa sunaa hai।)
यह मकान नंबर सैंतीस है, जहाँ हमें जाना है।
This is house number thirty-seven, where we need to go.
(yah makaan nambar saintiis hai, jahaan hamen jaanaa hai।)
संविधान के अनुच्छेद सैंतीस में यह प्रावधान किया गया है।
This provision has been made in Article thirty-seven of the Constitution.
(sanvidhaan ke anuchchhed saintiis men yah praavdhaan kiyaa gayaa hai।)
हर बार वह सैंतीस रुपये का टिकट खरीदती है।
Every time, she buys a thirty-seven-rupee ticket.
(har baar vah saintiis rupye kaa tikat khariidtii hai।)