Like many Indo-Aryan languages, Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) has a decimal numeral system that is contracted to the extent that nearly every number 1–99 is irregular and needs to be memorised 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 (a Sanskrit tatsama) while Standard Urdu prefers sifr (borrowed from Arabic), though the native tadbhava-form is sunnā in Hindustani. Sometimes the ardha-tatsama form śūn is also used (semi-learned borrowing). −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
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After 100, the numerals repeat regularly as in any base system. Lakh and crore are common enough to have entered Indian English. EnglishNumberForms of various namesBasedas __ karōṛHundred102sauThousand103hazārTen〃104das hazārHundred〃105lākhMillion106das lākhTen〃107karoṛHundred〃108das karōṛdas karōṛBillion109arbsau karōṛTen〃1010das arbēk hazār karōṛHundred〃1011kharabTrillion1012das kharabēk lākh karōṛTen〃1013nīlHundred〃1014das nīlēk karōṛ karōṛQuadrillion 1015padmaTen〃1016das padmaHundred〃1017śaṅkhQuintillion1018gulśandas śaṅkh
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.
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