Hindustani numerals

Like many Indo-Aryan languages, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) has a decimal numeral system that is contracted to the extent that nearly every number 1–99 is irregular, and needs to be memorized as a separate numeral.

	-0	-1	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6	-7	-8	-9
0–9	śūnya, sifar	ek	do	tīn	cār	pāñc	chah	sāt	āṭh	nau
10–19	das	gyārah	bārah	terah	caudah	pandrah	solah	satrah	aṭhārah	unnīs
20–29	bīs	ikkīs	bāīs	teīs	caubīs	paccīs	chabbīs	sattāīs	aṭṭhāīs	untīs
30–39	tīs	ikattīs	battīs	taiṁtīs	cauṁtīs	paiṁtīs	chattīs	saiṁtīs	aṛtīs	untālīs
40–49	cālīs	iktālīs	bayālīs	taiṁtālīs	cavālīs	paiṁtālīs	chiyālīs	saiṁtālīs	aṛtālīs	uncās
50–59	pacās	ikyāvan	bāvan	tir(e)pan	cauvan	pacpan	chappan	sattāvan	aṭṭhāvan	unsaṭh
60–69	sāṭh	iksaṭh	bāsaṭh	tir(e)saṭh	cauṁsaṭh	paiṁsaṭh	chiyāsaṭh	saṛsaṭh	aṛsaṭh	unhattar
70–79	sattar	ik.hattar	bahattar	tihattar	cauhattar	pac.hattar	chihattar	sat.hattar	aṭhhattar	un(y)āsī
80–89	assī	ikyāsī	bayāsī	tirāsī	caurāsī	pacāsī	chiyāsī	sattāsi	aṭṭhāsī	navāsī
90–99	nabbe, navve	ikyānve	bānve	tirānve	caurānve	pacānve	chiyānve	sattānve	aṭṭhānve	nin(y)ānve

Numbers from 100 up are more regular. There are numerals for 100, sau; 1,000, hazār; and successive multiples by 100 of 1000: lākh 1,00,000 (10⁵), kroṛ 1,00,00,000 (10⁷), arab 1,00,00,00,000 (10⁹, billion), kharab 1,00,00,00,00,000 (10¹¹), nīl 1,00,00,00,00,00,000 (10¹³), padma 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 (10¹⁵, quadrillion). (See Indian numbering system.) Lakh and crore are common enough to have entered Indian English.

References

Kellogg, Samuel Henry (1876). "Numerals". A Grammar of the Hindi Language. pp. 94–108.

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