This article analyzes the etymology numerative lexemes of Hindi specific to Indo-aryan languages. All analyzed examples were studied such types as tadbhava, tatsama and vidshi, recognized in Indian linguistics and their specific semantic features were shown. Aspects of some numeratives equal to other numerative words have also been identified. It has been studied that lexemes belonging to most numeratives have other semantic properties in addition to their own meaning, i.e. they also have the phenomenon of homonymy. All the samples analyzed were found to belong to 3 groups, namely, weight, length, land area, and their specific expressions were studied. The etymological study of numerative lexemes revealed that only one group, the numerative words per unit length, existed in both tadbhava, tatsama, and videshi types. It has also been found that there are several forms of examples of some numeratives and that there are differences in their application. In particular, it is emphasized that many numerative words belonging to the tatsama and tadbhava types were widely used in ancient times and are still widely used today. Different aspects of the use of lexemes specific to some numeratives are also shown.
