Bengali numerals

Template:Contains special characters Bengali numerals (Template:Lang-bn, Template:Lang-as, Template:Lang-mni) are the units of the numeral system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used officially in Bengali, Assamese and Manipuri, 3 of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic, as well as traditionally in Bishnupriya, Chakma and Hajong languages. They are used by more than 350 million people around the world and are a variety of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system.Template:Numeral systems

Base numbers

Bengali numeral	Arabic numeral	Standard Bengali word	Romanization of Bengali	Typical East Bengali word	Romanization of Typical East Bengali	Assamese word	Romanization of Assamese	Sylheti word	Romanization of Sylheti
Template:Lang	0	Template:Lang	shunnô	Template:Lang	shuinnô	Template:Lang	xuinnô	Template:Lang	shuinnô
Template:Lang	1	Template:Lang	æk	Template:Lang	æk	Template:Lang	ek	Template:Lang	ex
Template:Lang	2	Template:Lang, দু, দো	dui, du, do	Template:Lang	dui	Template:Lang	dui	Template:Lang	dui
Template:Lang	3	Template:Lang, তিনি	tin,	তিন	tin	Template:Lang	tini	Template:Lang	tin
Template:Lang	4	Template:Lang, চারি	char, chari	চাইর	tsair/sair	Template:Lang	sari	Template:Lang	sair
Template:Lang	5	Template:Lang	pãch	পাঁচ	pas	Template:Lang	pãs	Template:Lang	fas
Template:Lang	6	Template:Lang, ছ	chhôy, chhô	ছয়, ছ	sôy, sô	Template:Lang	sôy	Template:Lang	sôy
Template:Lang	7	Template:Lang	shat	সাত, হাত	shat, hat	Template:Lang	xat	Template:Lang	hat
Template:Lang	8	Template:Lang	aṭ	আট, আষ্ট	aṭ, ashṭô	Template:Lang	aṭh	Template:Lang	aṭ
Template:Lang	9	Template:Lang, ন	nôy, nô	Template:Lang, ন	nôy, nô	Template:Lang	nô	Template:Lang	nôy

Extended numbers

Bengali numeral	Arabic numeral	Standard Bengali word	Romanization of Bengali	Typical East Bengali word	Romanization of Typical East Bengali	Assamese word	Romanisation of Assamese	Sylheti word	Romanization of Sylheti
Template:Lang	10	Template:Lang	dôsh	Template:Lang	dôsh	Template:Lang	dôh	Template:Lang	dôsh
Template:Lang	11	Template:Lang	ægarô	Template:Lang	ægarô	Template:Lang	egharô	Template:Lang	egarô
Template:Lang	12	Template:Lang	barô	Template:Lang	barô	Template:Lang	barô	Template:Lang	barô
Template:Lang	13	Template:Lang	terô	Template:Lang	terô	Template:Lang	terô	Template:Lang	terô
Template:Lang	14	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	chouddô, choddô	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	tsouddô/souddô, tsoiddô/soiddô	Template:Lang	soiddhô	Template:Lang	sôddô
Template:Lang	15	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	pônerô, pônôrô	Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang	pônrô, pônerô, pundôrô	Template:Lang	pûndhôrô	Template:Lang	fônrô
Template:Lang	16	Template:Lang	sholô	Template:Lang	shullô	Template:Lang	xûllô	Template:Lang	shullô
১৭	17	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	shôterô, shôtôrô	Template:Lang, Template:Lang, সাতার	shôtrô, shôterô, shatarô
Template:Lang	20	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	bish, kuri	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	bish, kuri	Template:Lang	bis	Template:Lang	bish
Template:Lang	21	Template:Lang	ekush	Template:Lang	ekuish	Template:Lang	ekôis	Template:Lang	exôish
Template:Lang	30	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	trish, tirish	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	tish, tirish	Template:Lang	tris/tiris	Template:Lang	tish (tirish)
Template:Lang	40	Template:Lang	chôllish	Template:Lang	tsôllish/sôllish	Template:Lang	sôllis	Template:Lang	sôllish (sallish)
Template:Lang	50	Template:Lang	pônchash	Template:Lang	pôinchash	Template:Lang	pônsas	Template:Lang	fôinchash
Template:Lang	60	Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang	shaṭ, shaṭi, shaiṭ	Template:Lang	shaiṭ	Template:Lang	xathi	Template:Lang	shaiṭ
Template:Lang	70	Template:Lang	shôttôr	Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang	shôttôr, shôttôir, hôttôir	Template:Lang	xôttôr	Template:Lang	shôttôir
Template:Lang	80	Template:Lang	ashi	Template:Lang	ashi	Template:Lang	axi	Template:Lang	ashi
Template:Lang	90	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	nôbbôi, nôbbui	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	nôbbôi, nôbbui	Template:Lang	nôbbôi	Template:Lang	nôbbôi
Template:Lang	100	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	shôtô, ækshô	Template:Lang	ækshô	Template:Lang	exô	Template:Lang	exshô
Template:Lang	1,000	এক Template:Lang, Template:Lang	æk hajar, shôhôsrô	এক Template:Lang	æk azar	Template:Lang	ehezar/ehazar	Template:Lang	ex azar
Template:Lang	10,000	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	dôsh hajar, æk ôjut	Template:Lang	dôsh azar	Template:Lang	dôh hazar	Template:Lang	dôsh azar
Template:Lang	100,000	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	lôkkhô, lakh	Template:Lang	lakh	Template:Lang	lakh	Template:Lang	lax
Template:Lang	1,000,000	Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang	dôsh lôkkhô, dôsh lakh, æk nijut	Template:Lang	dôsh lôkkhô	Template:Lang	dôh lakh/ek nizut	Template:Lang	dôsh lax
Template:Lang	10,000,000	Template:Lang, Template:Lang	koṭi, kroṛ	Template:Lang	kuḍi	Template:Lang	ek kûti	Template:Lang	ek kuṭi
Template:Lang	100,000,000	Template:Lang	dôsh koti	Template:Lang	dôsh kuḍi	Template:Lang	dôh kûti	Template:Lang	dôsh kuṭi

An example of the number string: -

1065. One thousand sixty-five.
Template:Lang. এক হাজার পঁয়ষট্টি। (in Bengali)
Template:Lang. এহেজাৰ পঁষষ্ঠি। (in Assamese)

Fractions

File:শিশু লীলা page40.jpg

A book list from 1908, with prices in rupees and anna. The price at top left is ২৷৷৹ (2½ rupees), top right ৸৹ (15 annas).

The Bengali script has a separate set of digits for base-16 fractions:

৴৹

৵৹

৶৹

৷৹

৷৴৹

৷৵৹

৷৶৹

৷৷৹

৷৷৴৹

৷৷৵৹

৷৷৶৹

৷৷৷৹

৷৷৷৴৹

৷৷৷৵৹

৸৹

1⁄16

1⁄8

3⁄16

1⁄4

5⁄16

3⁄8

7⁄16

1⁄2

9⁄16

5⁄8

11⁄16

3⁄4

13⁄16

7⁄8

15⁄16

This system was the norm for pricing before decimalization of the currency: ২৲ (₹2), ২৷৷৹ (₹2-8, or 2 rupees 8 annas).

See also

• Bengali alphabet
• Sylhet Nagari