Gujarati numerals

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Gujarati numerals is the numeral system of the Gujarati script of South Asia, which is a derivative of Devanagari numerals.[1] It is the official numeral system of Gujarat, India.[2] It is also officially recognized in India[3] and as a minor script in Pakistan.[4][5]

Digits[edit]

The following table shows Gujarati digits and the Gujarati word for each of them in various scripts.

Gujarati numeral[6] Western Arabic numeral Devanagari numeral Gujarati word[6] Romanisation of Gujarati Devanagari
0 શૂન્ય shūnya शून्य
1 એક ēk एक
2 બે बे
3 ત્રણ traṇ त्रण
4 ચાર chār चार
5 પાંચ pāṅch पांच
6 chcha
7 સાત sāt सात
8 આઠ āhṭ आठ
9 નવ nav नव

Larger numbers[edit]

Digits are combined to represent numbers larger than 9 as per the standard positional decimal rules.

Gujarati Western Arabic Devanagari Gujarati word Romanization of Gujarati word Devanagari
૧૦ 10 १० દસ das दस
૧૧ 11 ११ અગિયાર agiyār ग्यारह
૧૨ 12 १२ બાર bār बारह
૧૩ 13 १३ તેર tēr तेरह
૧૪ 14 १४ ચૌદ chaud चौदह
૧૫ 15 १५ પંદર pandar पंद्रह
૧૬ 16 १६ સોળ soļ सोलह
૧૭ 17 १७ સત્તર sattar सत्रह
૧૮ 18 १८ અઢાર aḑhār अठारह
૧૯ 19 १९ ઓગણિસ ogaņis उन्नीस
૨૦ 20 २० વીસ vīs बीस
૧૦૦ 100 १०० સો सौ
૧,૦૦૦ 1,000 १,००० હજાર hajār हज़ार
૧૦,૦૦૦ 10,000 १०,००० દસ હજાર das hajār दस हज़ार
૧,૦૦,૦૦૦ 100,000 १०,००,०० લાખ lākh लाख
૧,૦૦૦,૦૦૦ 1,000,000 १,०००,००० દસ લાખ das lākh दस लाख
૧,૦૦,૦૦,૦૦૦ 1,00,00,000 १,००,००,००० કરોડ karōṛ करोड़

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ScriptSource - Gujarati". scriptsource.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  2. ^ Benedikter, Thomas (2009). Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities in India: An Appraisal of the Linguistic Rights of Minorities in India. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-643-10231-7.
  3. ^ Constitution of India, Article 344(1).
  4. ^ Gujarati numerals at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  5. ^ "ગુજરાતી અંક- Gujarati Numbers or Numerical With Hindi and English". gujarati-english.com (in Gujarati and English). 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b Geo P. Taylor (1985). The Student's Gujarati Grammar: With Exercises and Vocabulary. South Asia Books. p. 37. ISBN 9788120600928.

External links[edit]

1 to 100 Gujarati Numbers and Words from English