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Posted: 15 years ago
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so one crore= 10 million?

i thought it was one million 🤔
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Posted: 15 years ago
#32

Originally posted by: SolidSnake

These terms are used while teaching counting system in schools...
BTW I updated my earlier post. 😆
So it is now...
1 Ikaai
10 Dahaai (ten)
100 Senkda (hundred)
1000 Hazaar (thousand)
10000 Dus Hazaar
100000 Lakh (hundred thousand)
1000000 Dus Lakh (million)
10000000 Crore
100000000 Dus Crore
1000000000 Arab (billion)
10000000000 Dus Arab
100000000000 Kharab (hundred billion)
1000000000000 Dus Kharab
10000000000000 Neel
100000000000000 Dus Neel
1000000000000000 Padam



thanks! i get it now xD
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: SolidSnake

No that is duhaai...duhaai means request if I am not wrong!?
Actually ikai (1), dahai (10), senkda (100)...... is used while teaching number system (in Hindi medium atleast) to young kids.
What system is used in Marathi, Tamil, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, Kannada, Telugu, Malyalam and other Indian languages? Anyone?



In punjabi its:


1-ek
10-dus
100-so (dont know how to type it out )
1000-Hazaar
10000-Dus Hazaar
100000-Lakh
1000000-Dus Lakh
10000000-Crore


etc.
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: debayon

The Arabs took the numerical system from us and stole all the credit, eventually it passed through the Spaniards, Portuguese and eventually came to England and America. So, our number system is very original.



Ahh..! one of those conspiracy theories.. 😆.. for some reason i always had a hard time believing that.. 🤔.. just like when they say everyone was hindu in the olden days and they later converted to different religions.. 😆😆..

Originally posted by: debayon

Also, if you find this confusing, I wonder what you'll think of the Arabic system.



i'll try learning that one day..😛
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: Meena1



Ahh..! one of those conspiracy theories.. 😆.. for some reason i always had a hard time believing that.. 🤔.. just like when they say everyone was hindu in the olden days and they later converted to different religions.. 😆😆..



i'll try learning that one day..😛

Who said that everyone was hindu at the beginning? That's a bunch of crap. And good luck learning the Arabic system.😆
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: debayon

Who said that everyone was hindu at the beginning? That's a bunch of crap. And good luck learning the Arabic system.😆



like every other hindu i meeet..😆😆😆..

thanks.. i'll need that..😆
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: Meena1



like every other hindu i meeet..😆😆😆..

thanks.. i'll need that..😆

I'm a hindu, and I still say that's a bunch of crap....mankind didn't have a religion in the beginning...religion is really a belief and not a certainty. It's based on fiction and myths and folklore, not facts. There's no evidence of a Supreme Being existing. And then came iin the Scientologists...........I was laughing for a whole hour afer reading about their beliefs, my mom had to slap me left and right to calm me down.
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: debayon

I'm a hindu, and I still say that's a bunch of crap....mankind didn't have a religion in the beginning...religion is really a belief and not a certainty. It's based on fiction and myths and folklore, not facts. There's no evidence of a Supreme Being existing. And then came iin the Scientologists...........I was laughing for a whole hour afer reading about their beliefs, my mom had to slap me left and right to calm me down.



seriously.. all that stuff gives you a good laugh..😆😆.. its really far-fetched..

I am a Hindu.. i follow Hinduism..😛
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: Meena1



seriously.. all that stuff gives you a good laugh..😆😆.. its really far-fetched..

I am a Hindu.. i follow Hinduism..😛
..

Well, you're an Indian-American, right? So, this religion stuff shouldn't mean anything to you. I just laugh my head off when I see those foreigners wearing sharwanis and talking in Hindi at the Iskcon Center.
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Posted: 15 years ago
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Originally posted by: debayon

Well, you're an Indian-American, right? So, this religion stuff shouldn't mean anything to you. I just laugh my head off when I see those foreigners wearing sharwanis and talking in Hindi at the Iskcon Center.



religion matters to me..😛.. i follow the religious texts but not all these new baba shabbaas that rise every day.. 😆

why cant foreigners wearing sherwanis speak in hindi..?? 🤔.. ugh.. i always hated it when ppl would laugh at our hindi in school and college.. totally discouraging .. one of the reasons why it was never easy to learn.. college was still better.. 😛

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