अड़सठ (adsath)
numeral
The cardinal number sixty-eight (adsath).
Sense
1
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the number sixty-eight
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numbers from 19 to 99 each evolved their own fused form rather than following a clean 'tens plus units' pattern like English, so अड़सठ (adsath) for 68 just has to be learned as its own word -- this is exactly why Hindi-medium schoolkids traditionally chant the full 1-100 number table (pahaadaa) by rote rather than deriving it on the fly.
Common Mistakes: 1) Like all Hindi numbers 19-99, अड़सठ (adsath) does not follow a predictable pattern built from अड़ (a would-be 'eight' prefix) and साठ (saath, sixty) -- learners try to derive it logically instead of just memorizing it, and end up confusing it with अड़सठ's neighbors अड़सठ, सड़सठ (sadsath, sixty-seven), and उनहत्तर (unahattar, sixty-nine). 2) It is invariant -- it never changes form for gender, number, or case of the noun it counts.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे नाना अड़सठ साल के हैं।
My grandfather is sixty-eight years old.
(mere naanaa adsath saal ke hain।)
इस किताब में अड़सठ पन्ने हैं।
This book has sixty-eight pages.
(is kitaab men adsath panne hain।)
कक्षा में अड़सठ बच्चे थे।
There were sixty-eight children in the class.
(kakshaa men adsath bachche the।)
अगले महीने वह अड़सठ साल की हो जाएगी।
Next month she will turn sixty-eight years old.
(agle mahiine vah adsath saal kii ho jaaegii।)
उसने अड़सठ रुपये में यह कलम खरीदी।
He bought this pen for sixty-eight rupees.
(usne adsath rupye men yah kalam khariidii।)
पहाड़े में अड़सठ का मतलब है साढ़े तीन गुना उन्नीस से ज़्यादा।
In the multiplication table, sixty-eight means a bit more than three and a half times nineteen.
(pahaade men adsath kaa matlab hai saadhe tiin gunaa unniis se zyaadaa।)
काश परीक्षा में मुझे अड़सठ नंबर मिलते।
If only I had gotten sixty-eight marks in the exam.
(kaash pariikshaa men mujhe adsath nambar milte।)
अगर हमारे पास अड़सठ कुर्सियाँ होतीं, तो सब बैठ जाते।
If we had sixty-eight chairs, everyone would have sat down.
(agar hamaare paas adsath kursiyaan hotiin, to sab baith jaate।)
गाँव में अड़सठ परिवार रहते हैं।
Sixty-eight families live in the village.
(gaanv men adsath parivaar rahte hain।)
कुल अड़सठ छात्रों को छात्रवृत्ति दी गई।
A total of sixty-eight students were given scholarships.
(kul adsath chhaatron ko chhaatrvritti dii gaii।)