Arabic Numbers
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0
sifr
صفر
١
1
wahid
واحد
٢
2
ithnan
إثنان
٣
3
thalatha (th as in bath)
ثلاثة
٤
4
arba’a
أربعة
٥
5
khamsa
خمسة
٦
6
sitta
ستة
٧
7
sab’a
سبعة
٨
8
thamaniya (th in thin)
ثمانية
٩
9
tis’a
تسعة
١٠
10
‘ashra
عشرة
١١
11
ahada ‘ashar
إحدى عشر
١٢
12
ithna ‘ashar
إثنا عشر
١٣
13
thalatha ‘ashar
ثلاثة عشر
١٤
14
arba’a ‘ashar
أربعة عشر
١٥
15
khamsa ‘ashar
خمسة عشر
١٦
16
sitta ‘ashar
ستة عشر
١٧
17
sab’a ‘ashar
سبعة عشر
١٨
18
thamaniya ‘ashar
ثمانية عشر
١٩
19
tis’a ‘ashar
تسعة عشر
٢٠
20
‘ishrun
عشرون
٢١
21
wahed wa-’ishrun
واحد و عشرون
٢٢
22
ithnane wa-’ishrun
إثنان وعشرون
٢٣
23
thalatha wa-’ishrun
ثلاثة و عشرون
٢٤
24
arba’a wa-’ishrun
أربعة و عشرون
٢٥
25
khamsa wa-’ishrun
خمسة و عشرون
٢٦
26
sitta wa-’ishrun
ستة و عشرون
٢٧
27
sab’a wa-’ishrun
سبعة وعشرون
٢٨
28
thamaniya wa-’ishrun
ثمانية و عشرون
٢٩
29
tis’a wa-’ishrun
تسعة و عشرون
٣٠
30
thalathun
ثلاثون
٣١
31
wahid wa-thalathun
واحد و ثلاثون
٤٠
40
arba’un
أربعون
٤٢
42
ithnan wa-arba’un
إثنان و أربعون
٥٠
50
khamsun
خمسون
٥٣
53
thalatha wa-khamsun
ثلاثة و خمسون
٦٠
60
sittun
ستون
٦٤
64
arba'a wa-sittun
أربعة و ستون
٧٠
70
sab’un
سبعون
٧٥
75
khamsa wa-sab’un
خمسة و سبعون
٨٠
80
thamanun
ثمانون
٨٦
86
sitta wa-thamanun
ستة و ثمانون
٩٠
90
tis’un
تسعون
٩٧
97
sab'a wa-tis’un
سبعة و تسعون
١٠٠
100
mi'a
مائة
١٠٠٠
1000
alf
ألف
١٠٠٠٠٠
100000
mi'at alf
مائة ألف
٢٠٠٠
2000
alfain
ألفين
١٠٠٠٠٠٠٠
10000000
Million
مليون
Forming numbers in Arabic is quite easy, from 13 to 19 you just place a number before ten for example 13 = three ten, instead of thirteen in English, 17 is seven ten in Arabic. From 21 to 99 you just need to reverse the numbers and add (wa- between the two numbers) 36 would be six wa- thirty instead of thirty six (sitta wa-thalathun), (wa means and).
0 is sifr in Arabic, from which the word cipher came. For 11 and 12 they’re irregular, so just remember how to write them by now (11 = ehda ‘ashar, 12 = ithna ‘ashar).
So in general, numbers standing alone are easy to use, or say. The hard part is that numbers 3 to 10 have a unique rule of agreement with nouns known as polarity: A numeral in masculine gender should agree with a feminine referrer and vice versa (thalathatu awlaad = three boys), boys are masculine plural, so the feminine form of number 3 should be used (which is thalathatu, and not thalathu which is the masculine form, the u at the end of numbers is used when a number is followed by another word to make an easy jump to the next word) (thalathu banaat = three girls) banaat = girls, which is feminine plural, therefore a masculine form of number 3 should be used (thalathu). That may sound complicated but once you get used to it, it will not be as hard as it seems now, besides most Arab natives make mistakes or simply don’t care about matching the gender and the number.
