चौहत्तर (chauhattar)

numeral The number seventy-four (chauhattar), a simple cardinal numeral.
Sense 1 : the number 74
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Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are each their own memorized word rather than a predictable compound, so चौहत्तर (chauhattar) is learned as a standalone item -- much like English speakers just know 'eleven' rather than deriving it. It shows up in everyday contexts like ages, prices, exam scores, or years (e.g. सन् चौहत्तर, san chauhattar, 'the year seventy-four').
Common Mistakes: 1) Like other Hindi numerals 21-99, चौहत्तर (chauhattar) is a fused form and does not build predictably from चार (chaar, four) and सत्तर (sattar, seventy) the way English 'seventy-four' does -- it simply has to be memorized as its own word.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे पापा की उम्र चौहत्तर साल है। My father is seventy-four years old.
(mere paapaa kii umr chauhattar saal hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस किताब की कीमत चौहत्तर रुपये है। This book costs seventy-four rupees.
(is kitaab kii kiimat chauhattar rupye hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसे गणित में चौहत्तर नंबर मिले थे। He had gotten seventy-four marks in math.
(use ganit men chauhattar nambar mile the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मेरे दादाजी का जन्म सन् चौहत्तर में हुआ था। My grandfather was born in the year seventy-four.
(mere daadaajii kaa janm san chauhattar men huaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर वह चौहत्तर नंबर ले आता, तो पास हो जाता। If he had brought seventy-four marks, he would have passed.
(agar vah chauhattar nambar le aataa, to paas ho jaataa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
क्या इस साल भी उसकी उम्र चौहत्तर होगी? Will his age be seventy-four this year too?
(kyaa is saal bhii uskii umr chauhattar hogii?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
कृपया इसे ठीक चौहत्तर के आगे न बढ़ाएँ। Please do not take it beyond exactly seventy-four.
(kripyaa ise thiik chauhattar ke aage n badhaaen।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
हो सकता है कि उसकी उम्र चौहत्तर हो। It is possible that his age is seventy-four.
(ho saktaa hai ki uskii umr chauhattar ho।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
दफ्तर में चौहत्तर फाइलें रोज़ जमा की जाती हैं। Seventy-four files are submitted daily at the office.
(daphtar men chauhattar phaailen roz jamaa kii jaatii hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
उस साल चौहत्तर मेहमान बुलाए गए थे। Seventy-four guests had been invited that year.
(us saal chauhattar mehmaan bulaae gae the।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive