अठहत्तर (athahattar)

numeral The cardinal number 78 (seventy-eight). A single-sense numeral.
Sense 1 : the number seventy-eight
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Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Numbers in the 70s cluster together in sound (सत्तर sattar 70, इकहत्तर ikahattar 71, अठहत्तर athahattar 78) and are a classic spot where learners mishear one for another on the phone or when told a price -- worth reading numbers back to confirm in real transactions like haggling at a Delhi market.
Common Mistakes: 1) Like all Hindi numerals from 21 to 99, अठहत्तर (athahattar) does not build predictably from अठ (ath, eight) plus सत्तर (sattar, seventy) the way English '70 + 8' does -- each number from 1 to 99 is essentially memorized as its own word, so learners should drill this one individually rather than try to derive it on the fly.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पापा की उम्र अठहत्तर साल है। My father is seventy-eight years old.
(mere paapaa kii umr athahattar saal hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस किताब में कुल अठहत्तर पन्ने हैं। This book has seventy-eight pages in total.
(is kitaab men kul athahattar panne hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
दुकानदार ने कहा, "सत्तर नहीं, अठहत्तर रुपये हुए।" The shopkeeper said, "Not seventy, it comes to seventy-eight rupees."
(dukaandaar ne kahaa, "sattar nahiin, athahattar rupye hue।")
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या आपने अठहत्तर बोला या इकहत्तर? फिर से बता दीजिए। Did you say seventy-eight or seventy-one? Please tell me again.
(kyaa aapne athahattar bolaa yaa ikahattar? phir se bataa diijie।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
जरा जोर से बोलिए, फोन पर अठहत्तर और इकहत्तर एक जैसे सुनाई देते हैं। Please speak a bit louder, seventy-eight and seventy-one sound the same on the phone.
(jaraa jor se bolie, phon par athahattar aur ikahattar ek jaise sunaaii dete hain।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पक्का करने के लिए कीमत दोहराइए -- क्या यह अठहत्तर सौ है? To be sure, please repeat the price -- is this seventy-eight hundred?
(pakkaa karne ke lie kiimat dohraaie -- kyaa yah athahattar sau hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर वह अठहत्तर नंबर की बस पकड़ता, तो समय पर पहुँच जाता। If he had caught bus number seventy-eight, he would have reached on time.
(agar vah athahattar nambar kii bas pakadtaa, to samay par pahunch jaataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
अगली बार से हर बड़ी रकम में अठहत्तर जैसे नंबर लिखवाकर पुष्टि कर लीजिए। From next time, for any big amount, get numbers like seventy-eight written down to confirm.
(aglii baar se har badii rakam men athahattar jaise nambar likhvaakar pushti kar liijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
मुझे यकीन नहीं होता कि उन्होंने अठहत्तर की उम्र में मैराथन दौड़ी। I can hardly believe that she ran a marathon at the age of seventy-eight.
(mujhe yakiin nahiin hotaa ki unhonne athahattar kii umr men mairaathan daudii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
सर्वे के अनुसार, शहर की अठहत्तर प्रतिशत आबादी बाजार से सामान खरीदती है। According to the survey, seventy-eight percent of the city's population buys goods from the market.
(sarve ke anusaar, shahar kii athahattar pratishat aabaadii baajaar se saamaan khariidtii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active