Bhojpuri numerals


Bhojpuri number words include numerals and other words derived from them, along with the words which are borrowed from other numbers.

Cardinal numbers

1-99

The Old Bhojpuri word for Twenty is kor̤ī, which is still used in Trinidadian Bhojpuri. In Western Standard Bhojpuri, egara, baara end with "e" instead of "a', hence, egare, baare, tere e.t.c are used till eighteen. The word for Hundred in Bhojpuri is Sai.

Higher numbers

The word for thousand is Hajār, which is a Persian loanword, the Old Bhojpuri word is Sahas. The word for One Hundred Thousand is Lākh.
Numbers above Hundred are formed by subjoining the lower number with the higher ones.
101Ek Sai Ek
102Ek Sai Du
103Ek Sai Teen
110Ek Sai Das
1396Ek Hajar Teen Sai Panchanbe
305256Tee Lakh Paanch Hajar Chhappan

Base 20 counting

A counting system considering 20 as a base is also used in Bhojpuri. Hence, 65 is expressed as +5, i.e. Teen Bees/Kori aa Panch, Some time number lesser than 20 but near twenty are also expressed in terms of twenty. For example, Eightneen can be expresses has Du Kam Bees/Kori.

Ordinals

First four ordinals are:
The rest of the ordinals are made by adding - to the cardinals, for ex. pachwā.

Multiplicative numerals

Multiplicatives are formed are adding hālī, hālā, ber, beri, tor, torī with the numbers.