तिहत्तर (tihattar)
numeral
The cardinal number 73 (English: 73). A single-sense numeral like all Hindi numbers 1-99, each of which is memorized individually rather than built from a regular pattern.
Sense
1
:
the number seventy-three
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Numbers like तिहत्तर (tihattar) show up constantly in everyday life -- ages, prices, cricket scores, bus numbers -- so it is worth drilling the 70s decade as a block rather than translating from English on the fly, since native speakers retrieve these as single memorized words, not sums.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to derive तिहत्तर (tihattar) logically from तीन (tiin, 'three') and सत्तर (sattar, 'seventy') the way English builds 'seventy-three' -- Hindi numbers from 21 to 99 are each a fused, irregular form that must be learned individually rather than composed on the fly. 2) It is easy to mix up with तिरासी (tiraasii, '83') or सत्तर (sattar, '70') since the numbers in this range share overlapping sounds; careful listening practice with the 70s block helps.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे नाना की उम्र तिहत्तर साल है।
My maternal grandfather is seventy-three years old.
(mere naanaa kii umr tihattar saal hai।)
यह किताब तिहत्तर रुपये की है।
This book costs seventy-three rupees.
(yah kitaab tihattar rupye kii hai।)
टीम ने तिहत्तर रन बना लिए।
The team scored seventy-three runs.
(tiim ne tihattar ran banaa lie।)
तिहत्तर नंबर की बस यहीं से मिलेगी।
The number seventy-three bus will be found right here.
(tihattar nambar kii bas yahiin se milegii।)
अगर वह तिहत्तर अंक ले आता, तो पास हो जाता।
If he had brought seventy-three marks, he would have passed.
(agar vah tihattar ank le aataa, to paas ho jaataa।)
क्लास में तिहत्तर बच्चे रोज़ आते हैं।
Seventy-three children come to the class every day.
(klaas men tihattar bachche roz aate hain।)
पेज तिहत्तर खोलिए और पढ़ना शुरू कीजिए।
Please open page seventy-three and start reading.
(pej tihattar kholie aur padhnaa shuroo kiijie।)
शायद कुल तिहत्तर लोग ही आए हों समारोह में।
Perhaps only seventy-three people in total came to the ceremony.
(shaayad kul tihattar log hii aae hon samaaroh men।)
उस मोहल्ले में तिहत्तर मकान बनाए गए थे।
Seventy-three houses had been built in that neighborhood.
(us mohalle men tihattar makaan banaae gae the।)
उन्नीस सौ तिहत्तर में मेरे पिताजी का जन्म हुआ था।
My father was born in nineteen seventy-three.
(unniis sau tihattar men mere pitaajii kaa janm huaa thaa।)