इकसठ (iksath)
numeral
A cardinal number: 'sixty-one' (iksath).
Sense
1
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the number sixty-one
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like most two-digit Hindi numbers, इकसठ (iksath) is just something you drill and memorize -- there isn't a clean logical shortcut the way there is in English. It shows up in everyday contexts like ages, prices, and phone numbers, so it's worth having cold rather than calculating on the fly.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals from 1 to 99 are mostly irregular and must be memorized individually rather than built compositionally like English 'sixty' + 'one'; इकसठ (iksath) does not visibly break down into साठ (saath, sixty) plus एक (ek, one) the way learners expect. 2) Easy to confuse with similar-sounding neighbors like इकतालीस (iktaaliis, forty-one) or बासठ (baasath, sixty-two) due to the shared इक- prefix pattern seen across several numbers ending in one or two.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे नाना इकसठ साल के हैं।
My grandfather is sixty-one years old.
(mere naanaa iksath saal ke hain।)
इस किताब की कीमत इकसठ रुपये है।
This book costs sixty-one rupees.
(is kitaab kii kiimat iksath rupye hai।)
पिछले साल हमारी टीम ने इकसठ रन बनाए थे।
Last year our team scored sixty-one runs.
(pichhle saal hamaarii tiim ne iksath ran banaae the।)
अगले महीने वह इकसठ साल की हो जाएगी।
Next month she will turn sixty-one.
(agle mahiine vah iksath saal kii ho jaaegii।)
क्या इस बस में इकसठ सीटें हैं?
Does this bus have sixty-one seats?
(kyaa is bas men iksath siiten hain?)
अगर उसके पास इकसठ नंबर होते, तो वह जीत जाता।
If he had sixty-one marks, he would have won.
(agar uske paas iksath nambar hote, to vah jiit jaataa।)
कृपया इकसठ नंबर की सीट पर बैठिए।
Please sit in seat number sixty-one.
(kripyaa iksath nambar kii siit par baithie।)
उस गली में इकसठ मकान बनाए गए हैं।
Sixty-one houses have been built in that lane.
(us galii men iksath makaan banaae gae hain।)
शायद इस बार इकसठ बच्चे ही परीक्षा में पास हों।
Perhaps only sixty-one children will pass the exam this time.
(shaayad is baar iksath bachche hii pariikshaa men paas hon।)
उसका फोन नंबर इकसठ से शुरू होता है।
His phone number starts with sixty-one.
(uskaa phon nambar iksath se shuroo hotaa hai।)