तिरसठ (tirsath)
numeral
The number sixty-three (tirsath). A single-sense cardinal numeral with no other common meanings.
Sense
1
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the number 63
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numerals from 1 to 100 are famously irregular, each one essentially its own word rather than a predictable compound, which is why even fluent speakers often just reach for the digits when precision matters (writing 63 rather than spelling out तिरसठ (tirsath)). Most learners get comfortable with the round numbers (दस, बीस, तीस) first and pick up in-between numbers like this one gradually through exposure to prices, ages, and phone numbers.
Common Mistakes: 1) Like all Hindi numerals from 21-99, तिरसठ (tirsath) does not build predictably from its parts -- it must simply be memorized as a whole word rather than assembled from तीन (tiin, three) and साठ (saath, sixty). 2) Learners sometimes confuse it with similar-sounding numbers in the sixties like तिरेसठ or उंसठ; the safest approach is to drill the 60s as a block rather than rely on the sound alone.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पापा की उम्र तिरसठ साल है।
My father is sixty-three years old.
(mere paapaa kii umr tirsath saal hai।)
इस किताब में तिरसठ पन्ने हैं।
This book has sixty-three pages.
(is kitaab men tirsath panne hain।)
पिछले साल कक्षा में तिरसठ बच्चे थे।
Last year there were sixty-three children in the class.
(pichhle saal kakshaa men tirsath bachche the।)
अगर सामान तिरसठ किलो से ज़्यादा होता, तो एयरलाइन एक्स्ट्रा चार्ज लगाती।
If the luggage had been more than sixty-three kilos, the airline would have charged extra.
(agar saamaan tirsath kilo se zyaadaa hotaa, to eyarlaain ekstraa chaarj lagaatii।)
क्या टिकट की कीमत तिरसठ रुपये है?
Is the ticket price sixty-three rupees?
(kyaa tikat kii kiimat tirsath rupye hai?)
अगली बार गिनते हुए ठीक तिरसठ तक पहुँचना।
Next time, count exactly up to sixty-three.
(aglii baar ginte hue thiik tirsath tak pahunchnaa।)
शायद उसके पास तिरसठ रुपये बचे हों।
Maybe he has sixty-three rupees left.
(shaayad uske paas tirsath rupye bache hon।)
उस मुहल्ले में तिरसठ मकान बनाए गए थे।
Sixty-three houses had been built in that neighborhood.
(us muhalle men tirsath makaan banaae gae the।)
फ़ाइनल मैच में तिरसठ रन बनाकर वह आउट हो गया।
He got out after scoring sixty-three runs in the final match.
(faainal maich men tirsath ran banaakar vah aaut ho gayaa।)
अध्यापिका ने बताया कि इस साल तिरसठ छात्र परीक्षा में पास हुए हैं।
The teacher informed that sixty-three students have passed the exam this year.
(adhyaapikaa ne bataayaa ki is saal tirsath chhaatr pariikshaa men paas hue hain।)