Hindi · Devanagari numbers
Digits, counting and prices — the numbers you use daily
Hindi runs on Devanagari digits — ० to ९. Learn the digit names, count to twenty, pick up the tens, and you can handle prices, phone numbers and auto fares anywhere in India.
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The digits
- ०
शून्य
shūnya · 0
- १
एक
ek · 1
- २
दो
do · 2
- ३
तीन
tīn · 3
- ४
चार
chār · 4
- ५
पाँच
pāñch · 5
- ६
छह
chhah · 6
- ७
सात
sāt · 7
- ८
आठ
āṭh · 8
- ९
नौ
nau · 9
Counting — 1 to 20
Each tap speaks the number. Watch how the teens each keep their own word — like English eleven and twelve, they don't follow the tens rule.
- एकek · 1
- दोdo · 2
- तीनtīn · 3
- चारchār · 4
- पाँचpāñch · 5
- छहchhah · 6
- सातsāt · 7
- आठāṭh · 8
- नौnau · 9
- दसdas · 10
- ग्यारहgyārah · 11
- बारहbārah · 12
- तेरहterah · 13
- चौदहchaudah · 14
- पंद्रहpandrah · 15
- सोलहsolah · 16
- सत्रहsatrah · 17
- अठारहaṭhārah · 18
- उन्नीसunnīs · 19
- बीसbīs · 20
The tens — 30 to 1000
- तीसtīs · 30
- चालीसchālīs · 40
- पचासpachās · 50
- साठsāṭh · 60
- सत्तरsattar · 70
- अस्सीassī · 80
- नब्बेnabbe · 90
- सौsau · 100
💡 Prices are often rounded to a सौ — hear it on every shop counter.
- हज़ारhazār · 1000
Numbers in real life
- कितने रुपये?
Kitne rupaye?
How many rupees?
- कुल पचास रुपये
Kul pachās rupaye
Fifty rupees in total
- आपका फ़ोन नंबर?
Āpkā phone nambār?
Your phone number?