इकत्तीस (ikattiis)
numeral
The number thirty-one (ikattiis), used for counting and dates.
Sense
1
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the number 31
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like most Hindi numbers from 21 to 99, इकत्तीस (ikattiis) is a fused, memorized word rather than a predictable combination -- native speakers just know it, the way English speakers know 'eleven' isn't 'ten-one.' It shows up most often in dates (like the 31st of a month) and ages.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse it with इकतीस (iktiis) spelling variants or mix up the similar-sounding teens/twenties series; the safest fix is to just memorize इकत्तीस (ikattiis) as its own unit rather than trying to derive it from इक (ik, one) plus तीस (tiis, thirty) on the fly, since Hindi numbers 21-99 are not built compositionally the way English ones are.
Sample Sentences:
जनवरी में इकत्तीस दिन होते हैं।
January has thirty-one days.
(janavrii men ikattiis din hote hain।)
मेरे पापा इकत्तीस साल के थे जब मैं पैदा हुआ।
My dad was thirty-one years old when I was born.
(mere paapaa ikattiis saal ke the jab main paidaa huaa।)
हम इकत्तीस तारीख को मिलेंगे।
We will meet on the thirty-first.
(ham ikattiis taariikh ko milenge।)
क्या तुम्हारी उम्र इकत्तीस है?
Is your age thirty-one?
(kyaa tumhaarii umr ikattiis hai?)
इस कमरे में इकत्तीस कुर्सियाँ रखी गई हैं।
Thirty-one chairs have been placed in this room.
(is kamre men ikattiis kursiyaan rakhii gaii hain।)
अगर वह इकत्तीस साल का होता, तो शायद रिटायर हो चुका होता।
If he were thirty-one years old, he might have already retired.
(agar vah ikattiis saal kaa hotaa, to shaayad ritaayar ho chukaa hotaa।)
कृपया पेज इकत्तीस पर देखें।
Please see page thirty-one.
(kripyaa pej ikattiis par dekhen।)
उसने इकत्तीस साल की उम्र में अपनी पहली किताब लिखी।
She wrote her first book at the age of thirty-one.
(usne ikattiis saal kii umr men apnii pahlii kitaab likhii।)
शायद वह इकत्तीस नंबर की बस पकड़े।
Maybe he'll catch bus number thirty-one.
(shaayad vah ikattiis nambar kii bas pakde।)