बहत्तर (bahattar)

numeral The cardinal number seventy-two (bahattar); a single-sense counting word.
Sense 1 : the number 72
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like all Hindi numbers from 1 to 99, बहत्तर (bahattar) is its own unique word rather than a predictable combination of 'seventy' and 'two,' which is why native speakers often just memorize these in blocks (like times tables) during school rather than deriving them on the fly.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse बहत्तर (bahattar, '72') with सत्तर (sattar, '70') or बासठ (baasath, '62') since Hindi numerals 1-99 are all individually memorized rather than built compositionally -- there's no shortcut, each one just has to be learned on its own.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र बहत्तर साल है। My grandfather's age is seventy-two years.
(mere daadaajii kii umr bahattar saal hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस बस में बहत्तर सीटें हैं। This bus has seventy-two seats.
(is bas men bahattar siiten hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसने परीक्षा में बहत्तर नंबर पाए। He got seventy-two marks in the exam.
(usne pariikshaa men bahattar nambar paae।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर वह बहत्तर नंबर लाता, तो उसे स्कॉलरशिप मिल जाती। If he had scored seventy-two marks, he would have gotten the scholarship.
(agar vah bahattar nambar laataa, to use skolarship mil jaatii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
कृपया बहत्तर रुपये काउंटर पर जमा कर दीजिए। Please deposit seventy-two rupees at the counter.
(kripyaa bahattar rupye kaauntar par jamaa kar diijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
भारत को आज़ाद हुए बहत्तर साल हो गए हैं। It has been seventy-two years since India became independent.
(bhaarat ko aazaad hue bahattar saal ho gae hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या इस इमारत में सचमुच बहत्तर कमरे हैं? Does this building really have seventy-two rooms?
(kyaa is imaarat men sachmuch bahattar kamre hain?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
शायद इस बार बहत्तर लोग ही आ पाएँ। Perhaps only seventy-two people will be able to come this time.
(shaayad is baar bahattar log hii aa paaen।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
पिछले साल इस गाँव में बहत्तर घर बनाए गए थे। Seventy-two houses were built in this village last year.
(pichhle saal is gaanv men bahattar ghar banaae gae the।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
टीम ने कुल बहत्तर रन बनाए। The team scored a total of seventy-two runs.
(tiim ne kul bahattar ran banaae।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active