उनसठ (unsath)
numeral
The number fifty-nine (unsath).
Sense
1
:
the number 59
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Numbers in the 50s and 60s cluster together with similar sounds (उनसठ unsath 59, साठ saath 60, इकसठ iksath 61), so most learners in Delhi-NCR just drill this range as a block using rote repetition, phone numbers, or bus routes, rather than trying to derive each one logically.
Common Mistakes: 1) Hindi numerals from 1-100 are largely irregular and must be memorized individually rather than built from rules like in English; उनसठ (unsath) does not obviously relate to साठ (saath, sixty) the way 'fifty-nine' relates to 'sixty' in English, so learners often cannot guess it from नौ (nau, nine) and साठ (saath, sixty) alone. 2) It is easily confused with similar-sounding neighbors like उनसाठ-adjacent numbers ऊनसठ or साठ (saath) itself -- double-check the exact digits when reading it aloud.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र उनसठ साल है।
My grandfather's age is fifty-nine.
(mere daadaajii kii umr unsath saal hai।)
यह बस उनसठ नंबर रूट पर चलती है।
This bus runs on route number fifty-nine.
(yah bas unsath nambar root par chaltii hai।)
पिछले साल हमारी कॉलोनी में उनसठ नए घर बने थे।
Last year, fifty-nine new houses were built in our colony.
(pichhle saal hamaarii kolonii men unsath nae ghar bane the।)
अगर परीक्षा में उनसठ से ज्यादा नंबर आते, तो वह टॉप करता।
If he had scored more than fifty-nine in the exam, he would have topped.
(agar pariikshaa men unsath se jyaadaa nambar aate, to vah top kartaa।)
कृपया गिनती में उनसठ के बाद साठ बोलिए।
Please say sixty after fifty-nine while counting.
(kripyaa gintii men unsath ke baad saath bolie।)
क्या इस डिब्बे में उनसठ पेंसिलें हैं?
Are there fifty-nine pencils in this box?
(kyaa is dibbe men unsath pensilen hain?)
शायद उनसठ लोग ही इस मीटिंग में आएँ।
Perhaps only fifty-nine people will come to this meeting.
(shaayad unsath log hii is miiting men aaen।)
उसका फोन नंबर उनसठ से शुरू होता है।
His phone number starts with fifty-nine.
(uskaa phon nambar unsath se shuroo hotaa hai।)
इस बार की जनगणना में उनसठ गाँवों का सर्वे पूरा किया जाएगा।
In this census, the survey of fifty-nine villages will be completed.
(is baar kii jangannaa men unsath gaanvon kaa sarve pooraa kiyaa jaaegaa।)