सौ / हज़ार / लाख / करोड़
Large Numbers
Big numbers use सौ, हज़ार, लाख and करोड़: दो लाख रुपये (200,000 rupees).
How It Works
| Hindi | Indian style | Value |
|---|---|---|
| सौ | 100 | a hundred |
| हज़ार | 1,000 | a thousand |
| लाख | 1,00,000 | a hundred thousand |
| दस लाख | 10,00,000 | a million |
| करोड़ | 1,00,00,000 | ten million |
Put the count before the unit: तीन सौ, दस हज़ार, पचास लाख. The unit word stays the same, however big the count.
Read from the biggest unit down: 4,500 is चार हज़ार पाँच सौ; 1,20,000 is एक लाख बीस हज़ार.
For a large amount without an exact count, use the -ओं form: हज़ारों (thousands of), लाखों (hundreds of thousands), करोड़ों (tens of millions), as in हज़ारों लोग आए (Thousands of people came). For hundreds, the word is सैकड़ों.
Indian English uses the same words, lakh and crore, so you will see them on price tags and in the news.
Examples (5)
- इस फ़ोन की क़ीमत बीस हज़ार रुपये है।
This phone costs twenty thousand rupees.
The count बीस comes before the unit हज़ार.
- मेरे पास सिर्फ़ तीन सौ रुपये हैं।
I only have three hundred rupees.
सौ stays the same after any count.
- उसने नई गाड़ी पाँच लाख में ख़रीदी।
He bought the new car for five lakh rupees.
पाँच लाख is 500,000; में gives the price.
- दिल्ली में दो करोड़ से ज़्यादा लोग रहते हैं।
More than twenty million people live in Delhi.
दो करोड़ is 20 million.
- स्टेडियम में हज़ारों लोग थे।
There were thousands of people in the stadium.
हज़ारों means thousands of, with no exact count.
Common Mistakes
Adding -ओं to a unit that has an exact count.
मुझे दो हज़ारों रुपये चाहिए।मुझे दो हज़ार रुपये चाहिए।हज़ारों means thousands of, with no exact count. After a number, use plain हज़ार.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Large numbers multiply the basic numbers by Indian place values.
Related Patterns
Words in This Pattern
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