How to count in Modern Standard Arabic (اللغة العربية الفصحى), the universal language of the Arabic-speaking world. Note: numerals in Arabic are written from left to right, while letters are written from right to left.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 (٠) | (ṣifr) صفر | |
| 1 (١) | (wāḥid) واحد | m - (awwal) اول f - (ūla) اولى |
| 2 (٢) | (iṯnān) إثنان | (alṯani) الثّاني |
| 3 (٣) | (ṯālaṯa) ثلاثة | (alṯalṯu) الثّالِثُ |
| 4 (٤) | (ārba’a) أربعة | (alrab’eu) الرّابِعُ |
| 5 (٥) | (ḫamsa) خمسة | (alḫamsu) الْخامِسُ |
| 6 (٦) | (sitta) ستة | (alsadsu) السّادِسُ |
| 7 (٧) | (sab’a) سبعة | (alsab’eu) السابعُ |
| 8 (٨) | (ṯamāniya) ثمانية | (alṯamnu) الثّامِنُ |
| 9 (٩) | (tis’a) تسعة | (altas’eu) التّاسِعُ |
| 10 (١٠) | (‘ashra) عشرة | (al‘ashru) الْعاشِرُ |
| 11 (١١) | إحدى عشر (aḥada ‘ashar) | m - (alhady ‘ashar) الحادِيَ عَشَرَ f - (alhadiata ‘ashar) الحادية عَشْرةَ |
| 12 (١٢) | إثنا عشر (iṯnā ‘ashar) | m - (alṯani ‘ashar) الثانيَ عَشَرَ f - (alṯania ‘ashar) الثانيةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 13 (١٣) | ثلاثة عشر (ṯālatha ‘ashar) | (alṯaleṯ ‘ashar) الثالثَ عَشَرَ f - (alṯaleṯata ‘ashar) الثالثةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 14 (١٤) | أربعة عشر (arba’a ‘ashar) | m - (alrabe ‘ashar) الرابعَ عَشَرَ f - (alrabet ‘ashar) الرابعةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 15 (١٥) | خمسة عشر (ḫamsa ‘ashar) | m - (alḫamis ‘ashar) الخامِسَ عَشَرَ f - (alḫamst ‘ashar) الخامسةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 16 (١٦) | ستة عشر (sitta ‘ashar) | m - (alsadis ‘ashar) السادِسَ عَشَرَ f - (alsadst ‘ashar) السادسةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 17 (١٧) | سبعة عشر (sab’a ‘ashar) | m - (alsabe ‘ashar) السابعَ عَشَرَ f - (alsabet ‘ashar) السابعةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 18 (١٨) | ثمانية عشر (ṯamāniya ‘ashar) | m - (alṯamn ‘ashar) الثامنَ عَشَرَ f - (alṯamnt ‘ashar) الثامنةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 19 (١٩) | تسعة عشر (tis’a ‘ashar) | m - (altase ‘ashar) التاسعَ عَشَرَ f - (altaset ‘ashar) التاسعةَ عَشْرةَ |
| 20 (٢٠) | عشرون (‘ishrun) | (aleishrun) العِشرونَ |
| 21 (٢١) | واحد و عشرون (wāḫed wa-’ishrun) | |
| 22 (٢٢) | إثنان وعشرون (iṯnāne wa-’ishrun) | |
| 23 (٢٣) | ثلاثة و عشرون (ṯālaṯa wa-’ishrun) | |
| 24 (٢٤) | أربعة و عشرون (arba’a wa-’ishrun) | |
| 25 (٢٥) | خمسة و عشرون (ḫamsa wa-’ishrun) | |
| 26 (٢٦) | ستة و عشرون (sitta wa-’ishrun) | |
| 27 (٢٧) | سبعة وعشرون (sab’a wa-’ishrun) | |
| 28 (٢٨) | ثمانية و عشرون (ṯamāniya wa-’ishrun) | |
| 29 (٢٩) | تسعة و عشرون (tis’a wa-’ishrun) | |
| 30 (٣٠) | (ṯālaṯun) ثلاثون | |
| 40 (٤٠) | (arba’un) أربعون | |
| 50 (٥٠) | (ḫamsun) خمسون | |
| 60 (٦٠) | (sittun) ستون | |
| 70 (٧٠) | (sab’un) سبعون | |
| 80 (٨٠) | (ṯamānun) ثمانون | |
| 90 (٩٠) | (tis’un) تسعون | |
| 100 (١٠٠) | (mi'a) مائة | |
| 1,000 (١٠٠٠) |
(alf) ألف | |
| 2,000 (٢٠٠٠) |
(alfain) ألفين | |
| 100,000 (١٠٠٠٠٠) |
(mi'at alf) مائة ألف | |
| 1 million (١٠٠٠٠٠٠) |
(million) مليون |
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Information about Arabic numbers
http://arabic.speak7.com/arabic_numbers.htm
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~samir1/620_Project_2/L3T1_1.htm
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/arabic/lessons/numbers-in-arabic
http://www.learnarabiconline.com/arabic-numbers.shtml
http://allthearabicyouneverlearnedthefirsttimearound.com/p3/p3-ch3/arabic-numbers/
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