इक्यावन (ikyaavan)
numeral
The number 51 (fifty-one) -- a single-sense numeral used in counting, quantities, and ages, just like its English equivalent.
Sense
1
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the number fifty-one
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numbers above twenty are famously irregular -- there is no clean 'fifty plus one' formula the way English builds 'fifty-one,' so native speakers just recite इक्यावन (ikyaavan) as one memorized chunk. You will often meet it in ages ('वह इक्यावन साल का है', vah ikyaavan saal kaa hai, 'he is 51 years old'), prices, and exam or match scores.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse इक्यावन (ikyaavan, '51') with similar-sounding numbers in the forties and fifties, like इक्तालीस (iktaaliis, '41') or इक्यासी (ikyaasii, '81') -- Hindi numerals from 21-99 are individually memorized words rather than predictable compounds, so each one has to be learned on its own rather than derived from a pattern.
Sample Sentences:
वह इक्यावन साल का है।
He is 51 years old.
(vah ikyaavan saal kaa hai।)
इस किताब की कीमत इक्यावन रुपये है।
The price of this book is fifty-one rupees.
(is kitaab kii kiimat ikyaavan rupye hai।)
उसने परीक्षा में इक्यावन अंक हासिल किए।
He scored fifty-one marks in the exam.
(usne pariikshaa men ikyaavan ank haasil kie।)
टीम ने पहली पारी में इक्यावन रन बनाए।
The team scored fifty-one runs in the first innings.
(tiim ne pahlii paarii men ikyaavan ran banaae।)
क्या तुम्हारे पास इक्यावन रुपये हैं?
Do you have fifty-one rupees?
(kyaa tumhaare paas ikyaavan rupye hain?)
मंदिर में दान के लिए इक्यावन रुपये रखे जाते हैं।
Fifty-one rupees are kept as an offering in the temple.
(mandir men daan ke lie ikyaavan rupye rakhe jaate hain।)
अगर उसकी उम्र इक्यावन होती, तो वह रिटायर हो चुका होता।
If he were fifty-one years old, he would already have retired.
(agar uskii umr ikyaavan hotii, to vah ritaayar ho chukaa hotaa।)
अगली बार कोशिश करो कि स्कोर इक्यावन से ऊपर पहुँचे।
Next time try to make the score go above fifty-one.
(aglii baar koshish karo ki skor ikyaavan se oopar pahunche।)
शादी में इक्यावन थालियों का इंतज़ाम किया गया था।
Arrangements for fifty-one plates were made at the wedding.
(shaadii men ikyaavan thaaliyon kaa intzaam kiyaa gayaa thaa।)