सतहत्तर (satahattar)
numeral
The cardinal number 77 (seventy-seven).
Sense
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the number 77
numeral
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Like all two-digit Hindi numerals, सतहत्तर (satahattar) is a fused, non-transparent form -- native speakers just know it as a single chunk, the same way English speakers know 'seventy-seven' without thinking about '70 + 7'. It comes up mainly in counting contexts: prices, ages, years (as in 1977, उन्नीस सौ सतहत्तर (unniis sau satahattar, nineteen seventy-seven)), and phone or roll numbers.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to build this compositionally from सात (saat, seven) plus सत्तर (sattar, seventy) the way English does; Hindi numbers from 21-99 are memorized as fused, irregular units, so सतहत्तर (satahattar) must simply be learned as its own word rather than derived on the fly.
Sample Sentences:
मेरे दादाजी की उम्र सतहत्तर साल है।
My grandfather's age is seventy-seven.
(mere daadaajii kii umr satahattar saal hai।)
इस कुर्ते की कीमत सतहत्तर रुपये है।
The price of this kurta is seventy-seven rupees.
(is kurte kii kiimat satahattar rupye hai।)
मेरा रोल नंबर सतहत्तर था।
My roll number was seventy-seven.
(meraa rol nambar satahattar thaa।)
उनका जन्म उन्नीस सौ सतहत्तर में हुआ था।
He was born in nineteen seventy-seven.
(unkaa janm unniis sau satahattar men huaa thaa।)
अगर हम सतहत्तर पेज पढ़ लें, तो किताब खत्म हो जाएगी।
If we read seventy-seven pages, the book will be finished.
(agar ham satahattar pej padh len, to kitaab khatm ho jaaegii।)
क्या तुम्हारे पास सतहत्तर रुपये हैं?
Do you have seventy-seven rupees?
(kyaa tumhaare paas satahattar rupye hain?)
अगर उसका जन्म सतहत्तर में होता, तो वह अब पचास का होता।
If he had been born in seventy-seven, he would now be fifty.
(agar uskaa janm satahattar men hotaa, to vah ab pachaas kaa hotaa।)
कृपया मेरा फोन नंबर नोट कर लें, आखिरी दो अंक सतहत्तर हैं।
Please note down my phone number, the last two digits are seventy-seven.
(kripyaa meraa phon nambar not kar len, aakhirii do ank satahattar hain।)
इस स्कूल में सतहत्तर बच्चे पढ़ते हैं।
Seventy-seven children study in this school.
(is skool men satahattar bachche padhte hain।)