सतहत्तर (satahattar)

numeral The cardinal number 77 (seventy-seven).
Sense 1 : 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।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस कुर्ते की कीमत सतहत्तर रुपये है। The price of this kurta is seventy-seven rupees.
(is kurte kii kiimat satahattar rupye hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मेरा रोल नंबर सतहत्तर था। My roll number was seventy-seven.
(meraa rol nambar satahattar thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
उनका जन्म उन्नीस सौ सतहत्तर में हुआ था। He was born in nineteen seventy-seven.
(unkaa janm unniis sau satahattar men huaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हारे पास सतहत्तर रुपये हैं? Do you have seventy-seven rupees?
(kyaa tumhaare paas satahattar rupye hain?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
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।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
इस स्कूल में सतहत्तर बच्चे पढ़ते हैं। Seventy-seven children study in this school.
(is skool men satahattar bachche padhte hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active