अट्ठासी (atthaasii)

numeral The number 88 (eighty-eight), used for counting and as an ordinal-adjacent quantity word.
Sense 1 : the number 88
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi numerals from 21 to 99 are each their own fused word rather than a predictable combination, which is why native speakers just memorize them in blocks (a school-days ritual much like times tables) -- अट्ठासी (atthaasii) is one of that set, sitting between सत्तासी (sattaasii, 87) and नवासी (navaasii, 89).
Common Mistakes: 1) Like other Hindi numerals from 21-99, अट्ठासी (atthaasii) does not decompose transparently into 'eighty' plus 'eight' the way English does -- it must simply be learned as a whole word, not built from अस्सी (assii, eighty) and आठ (aath, eight).
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादा जी की उम्र अट्ठासी साल है। My grandfather's age is eighty-eight years.
(mere daadaa jii kii umr atthaasii saal hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस किताब में अट्ठासी पन्ने हैं। This book has eighty-eight pages.
(is kitaab men atthaasii panne hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पिछले साल हमारी कक्षा में अट्ठासी बच्चे थे। Last year there were eighty-eight children in our class.
(pichhle saal hamaarii kakshaa men atthaasii bachche the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर वह अट्ठासी नंबर लाता, तो टॉप कर जाता। If he had scored eighty-eight marks, he would have topped.
(agar vah atthaasii nambar laataa, to top kar jaataa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
क्या इस बस में अट्ठासी सीटें होंगी? Will this bus have eighty-eight seats?
(kyaa is bas men atthaasii siiten hongii?)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
कृपया गिनकर बताइए कि यहाँ अट्ठासी डिब्बे हैं या नहीं। Please count and tell me whether there are eighty-eight boxes here or not.
(kripyaa ginkar bataaie ki yahaan atthaasii dibbe hain yaa nahiin।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मुझे लगता है कि शायद अट्ठासी लोग आए होंगे। I think perhaps eighty-eight people must have come.
(mujhe lagtaa hai ki shaayad atthaasii log aae honge।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उन्नीस सौ अट्ठासी में मेरे पिता जी का जन्म हुआ था। My father was born in nineteen eighty-eight.
(unniis sau atthaasii men mere pitaa jii kaa janm huaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यह मकान अट्ठासी लाख रुपये में बिका। This house was sold for eighty-eight lakh rupees.
(yah makaan atthaasii laakh rupye men bikaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive