Hindustani numerals


Like many Indo-Aryan languages, Hindustani 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.

1-99

The numbers 1-99 largely evolved directly from the Sanskrit forms without being borrowed, and so are nearly all irregular.
For the number 0, Modern Standard Hindi tends to use śūnya while Standard Urdu prefers sifr, though the native tadbhava-form is sunnā in Hindustani. Sometimes the ardha-tatsama form śūn is also used.
−1+0+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9
+0śūnya, sifr, sunnā, śūnekdotīncārpāṅcchaḥsātāṭhnau
+10dasgyārahbārahterahcaudahpandrahsolahsatrahaṭhārah-
+20unnīsbīsikkīsbāīsteīscaubīspaccīschabbīssattāīsaṭṭhāīs-
+30untīstīsikattīsbattīstaiṅtīscauṅtīspaiṅtīschattīssaiṅtīsaṛtīs-
+40untālīscālīsiktālīsbayālīstaiṅtālīscavālīspaiṅtālīschiyālīssaiṅtālīsaṛtālīs-
+50uncāspacāsikyāvan, ikāvanbāvantirpancauvanpacpanchappansattāvanaṭṭhāvan-
+60unsaṭhsāṭhiksaṭhbāsaṭhtirsaṭhcauṅsaṭhpaiṅsaṭhchiyāsaṭhsaṛsaṭhaṛsaṭh-
+70unhattarsattarikhattarbahattartihattarcauhattarpac'hattarchihattarsat'hattaraṭhhattar-
+80unāsīassīikyāsī, ikāsībayāsītirāsīcaurāsīpacāsīchiyāsīsattāsiaṭṭhāsīnavāsī
+90nabbe, navveikyānve, ikānvebānve, bayānvetirānvecaurānvepacānvechiyānvesattānveaṭṭhānveninyānve

100-1018

After 100, the numerals repeat regularly as in any base system. Lakh and crore are common enough to have entered Indian English.

Written forms

In writing Hindi, numbers are usually represented using Devanagari numeral signs, while in Urdu the signs employed are those of a modified Eastern Arabic numeral system.
Arabic0123456789
Hindi
Urdu۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹