अट्ठानवे (atthaanve)

numeral The number ninety-eight (atthaanve, '98'); used both to count items and to name the number itself.
Sense 1 : the number 98 (ninety-eight)
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like all Hindi numbers from 21 to 99, this one is its own fixed word rather than a predictable combination -- Hindi speakers simply memorize the whole set as children, the same way English speakers memorize eleven and twelve rather than deriving them.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to build this compositionally from अस्सी (assii, 'eighty') plus अठारह (athaarah, 'eighteen'), but Hindi numerals 21-99 are memorized as individual words, not calculated on the fly -- native speakers just know अट्ठानवे (atthaanve) as its own word.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र अट्ठानवे साल है। My grandfather's age is ninety-eight years.
(mere daadaajii kii umr atthaanve saal hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसे परीक्षा में अट्ठानवे प्रतिशत अंक मिले। He got ninety-eight percent marks in the exam.
(use pariikshaa men atthaanve pratishat ank mile।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस बस में अट्ठानवे सीटें हैं। This bus has ninety-eight seats.
(is bas men atthaanve siiten hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर हमें अट्ठानवे नंबर मिलते तो हम टॉपर होते। If we had gotten ninety-eight marks, we would have been toppers.
(agar hamen atthaanve nambar milte to ham topar hote।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
क्या यह बुखार का तापमान अट्ठानवे डिग्री तक पहुँच जाएगा? Will this fever's temperature reach ninety-eight degrees?
(kyaa yah bukhaar kaa taapmaan atthaanve digrii tak pahunch jaaegaa?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
उस साल हमारी टीम ने अट्ठानवे रन बनाए थे। That year our team had scored ninety-eight runs.
(us saal hamaarii tiim ne atthaanve ran banaae the।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
कृपया पेज अट्ठानवे खोलिए। Please open page ninety-eight.
(kripyaa pej atthaanve kholie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
सरकारी रिपोर्ट के अनुसार अट्ठानवे गाँवों में बिजली पहुँचा दी गई है। According to the government report, electricity has been supplied to ninety-eight villages.
(sarkaarii riport ke anusaar atthaanve gaanvon men bijlii pahunchaa dii gaii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
शायद इस मोहल्ले में अट्ठानवे घर होंगे। There are probably ninety-eight houses in this neighborhood.
(shaayad is mohalle men atthaanve ghar honge।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active