Numbers in Pali also undergo declension in a similar way like nouns, pronouns and adjectives. Let us study what numbers in Pali are called, their declension and usage in sentences.

The numbers are most frequently used as adjectives and hence they take up the gender of the nouns they modify / describe.

Number Pali Name Number Pali Name
1 eka 2 dvi
3 ti 4 catu
5 pañca 6 cha
7 satta 8 aṭṭha
9 nava 10 dasa
11 ekādasa 12 dvādasa, bārasa
13 teḷasa, terasa 14 cuddasa, catuddasa
15 paṇṇarasa, pañcadasa 16 soḷasa
17 sattarasa, sattadasa 18 aṭṭhārasa, aṭṭhādasa
19 ekūnavīsati 20 vīsati
21 ekavīsati 22 dvevīsati, dvāvīsati, bāvīsati
23 tevīsati 24 catuvīsati
25 pañcavīsati 26 chabbīsati
27 sattavīsati 28 aṭṭhavīsati
29 ekūnatiṃsati 30 tiṃsati
39 ekūnacattālīsati 40 cattālīsati
49 ekūnapaññāsati 50 paññāsati, paṇṇāsati
59 ekūnasaṭṭhi 60 saṭṭhi
69 ekūnasattati 70 sattati
79 ekūnāsīti 80 asīti
89 ekūnanavuti 90 navuti
99 ekūnasataṃ 100 sataṃ
1000 sahassa 10000 satasahassa
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