Arabic numbers

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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