Numbers

1. એક

   Ek

   One

   Usage

   The most basic number

   Grammar Note

   Gujarati "ek" shares Sanskrit roots with Hindi "ek". Both Indo-Aryan languages preserved this numeral closely.

2. બે

   Be

   Two

   Usage

   Counting two items

   Grammar Note

   Gujarati "be" (two) differs from Hindi "do" but both derive from Sanskrit "dvi". Gujarati preserved a different phonological development.

3. ત્રણ

   Tran

   Three

   Usage

   Counting three items

   Grammar Note

   "Tran" derives from Sanskrit "tri", cognate with Hindi "tin". Gujarati retained a cluster consonant where Hindi simplified it.

4. ચાર

   Chaar

   Four

   Usage

   Counting four items

   Grammar Note

   "Chaar" (four) is identical in both Gujarati and Hindi, both deriving from Sanskrit "chatur".

5. પાંચ

   Paanch

   Five

   Usage

   Counting five items

   Grammar Note

   "Paanch" derives from Sanskrit "pancha". Nearly identical to Hindi "paanch". This root also gives English "punch" (5-ingredient drink).

6. દસ

   Das

   Ten

   Usage

   Counting ten

   Grammar Note

   "Das" derives from Sanskrit "dasha". Cognate with Hindi "das" and ultimately with English "decade" (Greek "deka").

7. વીસ

   Vis

   Twenty

   Usage

   Expressing the number twenty

   Grammar Note

   "Vis" derives from Sanskrit "vimsati" (twenty). Cognate with Hindi "bis" and Latin "viginti" (French "vingt").

8. સો

   So

   One hundred

   Usage

   Expressing one hundred

   Grammar Note

   "So" (hundred) derives from Sanskrit "shata". Cognate with Hindi "sau" and Latin "centum" (English "cent").

9. હજાર

   Hazaar

   One thousand

   Usage

   Expressing one thousand

   Grammar Note

   "Hazaar" is borrowed from Persian "hazar". The same word appears in Hindi "hazaar" — reflecting Persian influence on South Asian languages.

10. અડધું

    A-da-dhun

    Half

    Usage

    Expressing half — useful in price negotiations or quantity descriptions

    Grammar Note

    "Adadhun" is the neuter form of "half" in Gujarati. Equivalent to Hindi "aadha". Gujarati has three genders requiring different adjective forms.

11. મારી ઉંમર સત્તાવીસ વર્ષ છે

    Maa-ri um-mar sat-taa-vees varsh chhe

    I'm 27 years old

    Usage

    How to answer when asked your age; the reply to "tamari umar shun chhe?"

    Grammar Note

    "Uṃmar" is feminine, so the possessive is "maarii", matching the "tamaarii". "Sattaaviis" is a fused form of "saat" (7) and "viis" (20) and cannot be built by juxtaposing tens and units. 28 is "aṭhṭhaaviis".

12. આ વર્ષે મારી ઉંમર અઠ્ઠાવીસ વર્ષ થશે

    Aa var-she maa-ri um-mar ath-thaa-vees varsh tha-she

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Saying what age you will reach this year

    Grammar Note

    "Thaśe" is the third-person future of "thavuṃ" (to become), the same form as in "બોર્ડિંગ ક્યારે શરૂ થશે?" and "આનો કેટલો ખર્ચ થશે?". "Aa varṣe" is the locative of "varṣa" (year).

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