September 12, 2016
Nepali Numbers, Nepali counting
It is easier to learn Nepali numbers as both Nepali and English numbers are similar in appearance.
नेपाली र अंग्रेजी अंक (नम्बर) झन्डै झन्डै उस्तै हुन्छन ।
How to pronounce Nepali Numbers?
0 to 10
Format:
(Nepali Number) – (Nepali pronunciation) – (Number in Nepali words) – (equivalent English Number) – (English spelling)
- o – jiro – जिरो – 0 – Zero
- १ – ek – एक – 1 – One
- २ – dui – दुइ – 2 – Two
- ३ – teen – तीन – 3 – Three
- ४ – char – चार – 4 – Four
- ५ – panch – पाँच – 5 – Five
- ६ – chha – छ – 6 – Six
- ७ – saat – सात – 7 – Seven
- ८ – aath -आठ – 8 – Eight
- ९ – nau – नौ – 9 – Nine
- १o – dus – दश – 10 – Ten
11 to 20
- ११ – eeghara – एघार
- १२ – barha – बाह्र
- १३ – terha – तेह्र
- १४ – chaudha – चौध
- १५ – pandhra – पन्ध्र
- १६ – sorha – सोह्र
- १७ – satra – सत्र
- १८ – athara – अठार
- १९ – unnais – उन्नाइस
- २० – bis – बिस
१० – २० – ३०
- १० – dus – दश
- २० – bis – बीस
- ३० – tiis – तीस
- ४० – chaalis – चालिस
- ५० – pachaash – पचास
- ६० – saathi – साठी
- ७० – sattari – सत्तरी
- ८० – aasi – असी
- ९० – nabbye – नब्बे
- १०० – saya – सय
“21” in English is called “20” and “1” = twentyone , “31” is “thirty”+”one” = Thirtyone
“२१” in Nepali is called “१” and “२०” = one|twenty -> ek + bis = ekkais (एक्काइस)
“३१” in Nepali is called “१” and “३०” = one+thirty -> ek + tish = ektish (एकतिस्)
“२२” is dui+bis = baaish (बाइस)
“२३” is tin+bis = teeish (तेइस)
- २१ (एक्काइस)
- २२ (बाइस)
- २३ (तेइस)
- २४ (चौबिस )
- २५ (पच्चीस)
- २६ (छब्बीस)
- २७ (सत्ताइस)
- २८ (अठाइस)
- २९ (उनन्तीस)
- ३० (तिस)
Adding a zero in the back from 1 to Sankha
(full list of large numbers)
- एक – 1 (one) – no zeros
- दश – 10 (10) – one zero
- सय – 100 (1 hundred) – two zeros
- हजार – 1,000 (one Thousand) – three zeros
- दश हजार -10,000 (Ten Thousand) – four zeros
- लाख – 1,00,000 (Hundred Thousand) – five zeros
- दश लाख – 10,00,000 (One million) – six zeros
- करोड – 1,00,00,000 (Ten million) – seven zeros
- दश करोड – 10,00,00,000 (Hundred Million) – eight zeros
- अर्ब – 1,00,00,00,000 (Billion) – nine zeros
- दश अर्ब – 10,00,00,00,000 (Ten Billion) – ten zeros
- खर्ब – 1,00,00,00,00,000 (Hundred Billion) – eleven zeros
- दश खर्ब – 10,00,00,00,00,000 (Trillion) – twelve zeros
- नील – 1,00,00,00,00,00,000 (ten trillion) – thirteen zeros
- दश नील – 10,00,00,00,00,00,000 (hundred trillion) – fourteen zeros
- पद्म – 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 (quadrallion) – fifteen zeros
- दश पद्म – 10,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 (10 quadrallion) – sixteen zeros
- शंख – 1,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 (hundred quadrallion) – seventeen zeros
- दश शंख – 10,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,000 (quintillion) – eighteen zeros
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Said ho ajhai halnu la
how to write 61, 62, 66 etc
60 is Sathi (६०)
61 is EkaSaththi
62 is BaiSaththi
63 is TriSaththi
64 is ChauSaththi
65 is PaiSaththi
66 is ChaiSaththi
67 is SataSaththi
68 is AthaSaththi
69 is UnanSattari