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The number words of Arabic, from ṣifr (zero) and wāḥid (one) to miʾa, alf and malyūn, each with its romanization and meaning. The note above the list sets out the digits, which differ from the ones English uses, and the two rules that make Arabic counting famous.
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Two things are called "Arabic numbers". The digits English uses, 0 to 9, reached Europe through the Arab world and are called Arabic numerals; most of the Arab east writes the Eastern Arabic digits instead (٠ ١ ٢ ٣), while Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia use 0 to 9. Either way, numbers are written left to right, even inside right-to-left Arabic text: ٢٠٢٦ is 2026.
| Number | Digit | Arabic | Romanization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ٠ | صِفْر | ṣifr |
| 1 | ١ | وَاحِد | wāḥid |
| 2 | ٢ | اِثْنَان | ithnān |
| 3 | ٣ | ثَلَاثَة | thalātha |
| 4 | ٤ | أَرْبَعَة | arbaʿa |
| 5 | ٥ | خَمْسَة | khamsa |
| 6 | ٦ | سِتَّة | sitta |
| 7 | ٧ | سَبْعَة | sabʿa |
| 8 | ٨ | ثَمَانِيَة | thamāniya |
| 9 | ٩ | تِسْعَة | tisʿa |
| 10 | ١٠ | عَشَرَة | ʿashara |
| 20 | ٢٠ | عِشْرُون | ʿishrūn |
| 100 | ١٠٠ | مِئَة | miʾa |
| 1,000 | ١٠٠٠ | أَلْف | alf |
Two rules make Arabic counting famous. From three to ten the number takes the opposite gender to the noun: ثَلَاثَة كُتُب thalāthat kutub, three books (kitāb is masculine, so the number takes the feminine -a), but ثَلَاث سَيَّارَات thalāth sayyārāt, three cars. And the noun after three to ten is plural, while after eleven to ninety-nine it is singular: عِشْرُونَ كِتَابًا ʿishrūna kitāban, twenty books.
| Arabic | Romanization | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| اِثْنَيْنِ | ithnayni | two (masculine) | A1 | عِنْدِي اِثْنَيْنِ مِنَ الكُتُبِ.ʿIndī ithnayni mina al-kutubi.I have two books. |
| تِسْعِين | tisʿīn | ninety | A1 | يَبْلُغُ عُمْرُهُ تِسْعِينَ عَامًا.Yablughu ʿumruhu tisʿīna ʿāmanā.He is ninety years old. |
| سِتِّين | sittīn | the number sixty | A1 | يَحْتَوِي الكِتَابُ عَلَى سِتِّينَ صَفْحَةً.Yaḥtawī al-kitābu ʿalā sittīna ṣafḥatan.The book contains sixty pages. |
| أَرْبَع | arbaʿ | number four | A1 | عِنْدِي أَرْبَعُ كُتُبٍ.ʿIndī arbaʿu kutubin.I have four books. |
| أَرْبَعُون | arbaʿūn | number forty | A1 | عُمْرِي أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً.ʿUmrī arbaʿūna sanatan.I am forty years old. |
| أَلْف | alf | thousand | A1 | هَذَا الْهَاتِفُ بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ.Hadhā al-hātifu biʾalfi dirhamin.This phone costs a thousand dirhams. |
| تِسْع | tisʿ | nine (number) | A1 | عِنْدِي تِسْعُ صُوَرٍ.ʿIndī tisʿu ṣuwarin.I have nine pictures. |
| ثَلاث | thalāth | three | A1 | عِنْدِي ثَلاثُ تُفَّاحاتٍ.ʿIndī thalāthu tuffāḥātin.I have three apples. |
| ثَلاثُون | thalāthūn | thirty | A1 | عُمْرِي ثَلاثُونَ سَنَةً.ʿUmrī thalāthūna sanatan.I am thirty years old. |
| ثَمانُون | thamānūn | eighty | A1 | عُمْرِي ثَمانُونَ سَنَةً.ʿUmrī thamānūna sanatan.I am eighty years old. |
| ثَمانِي | thamānī | eight | A1 | عِنْدِي ثَمانِي بُرْتُقالاتٍ.ʿIndī thamānī burtuqālātin.I have eight oranges. |
| ثَلاثُمِائَة | thalāthumiāʾa | three hundred | A1 | اشْتَرَيْتُ ثَلاثَمِائَةِ قَلَمٍ.Ashtaraytu thalāthamiāʾati qalamin.I bought three hundred pens. |
| خَمْس | khams | number five | A1 | عِنْدِي خَمْسُ كُتُبٍ.ʿIndī khamsu kutubin.I have five books. |
| خَمْسُون | khamsūn | fifty | A1 | عِنْدِي خَمْسُونَ كِتَابًا.ʿIndī khamsūna kitābanā.I have fifty books. |
| رَقْم | raqm | numeral or number | A1 | مَا رَقْمُ هَاتِفِكَ؟Mā raqmu hātifika?What is your phone number? |
| رُبُع | rubuʿ | quarter | A1 | أَكَلْتُ رُبُعَ التُّفَّاحَةِ.Akaltu rubuʿa al-ttuffāḥati.I ate a quarter of the apple. |
| سَبْع | sabʿ | seven | A1 | عِنْدِي سَبْعَةُ بَنَاتٍ.ʿIndī sabʿatu banātin.I have seven daughters. |
| سَبْعُون | sabʿūn | seventy | A1 | عُمْرِي سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً.ʿUmrī sabʿūna sanatan.I am seventy years old. |
| سِتّ | sitt | number six | A1 | عِنْدِي سِتُّ بَرْتُقَالَاتٍ.ʿIndī sittu bartuqālātin.I have six oranges. |
| سِتُّونَ | sittūna | number sixty | A1 | عُمْرِي سِتُّونَ عَامًا.ʿUmrī sittūna ʿāmanā.I am sixty years old. |
| ثَمانِمِائَة | thamānimiāʾa | eight hundred | A1 | فِي مَدْرَسَتِي ثَمَانِمِائَةُ طَالِبٍ.Fī madrasatī thamānimiāʾatu ṭālibin.There are eight hundred students in my school. |
| صِفْر | ṣifr | the number zero | A1 | رَقْمُ هَاتِفِي يَبْدَأُ بِصِفْرٍ.Raqmu hātifī yabdaʾu biṣifrin.My phone number starts with zero. |
| عَدَد | ʿadad | number | A1 | عَدَدُ أفرادِ العَائِلَةِ ثَلاثَةٌ.ʿAdadu afrādi al-ʿāʾilati thalāthatun.The number of family members is three. |
| عَشَر | ʿashar | ten (masculine objects) | A1 | فِي الصَّفِّ عَشَرَةُ طُلَّابٍ.Fī al-ṣṣaffi ʿasharatu ṭullābin.There are ten students in the class. |
| عِشْرُون | ʿishrūn | twenty | A1 | عِنْدِي عِشْرُونَ دَفْتَرًا.ʿIndī ʿishrūna daftaranā.I have twenty notebooks. |
| مِئَة | miʾa | hundred | A1 | فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ مِئَةُ طَالِبٍ.Fī al-madrasati miʾatu ṭālibin.There are one hundred students at school. |
| مِلْيُون | milyūn | one million | A1 | عِنْدِي مِلْيُونُ كِتَابٍ.ʿIndī milyūnu kitābin.I have one million books. |
| واحِد | wāḥid | one | A1 | عِنْدِي وَاحِدٌ.ʿIndī wāḥidun.I have one. |
| نِصْف | niṣf | half or middle | A1 | تَنَاوَلْتُ نِصْفَ التُّفَّاحَةِ.Tanāwaltu niṣfa al-ttuffāḥati.I ate half of the apple. |
| ثُلُث | thuluth | one third | A2 | |
| رَبْع | rabʿ | one quarter portion | A2 | |
| خَمْسُمِائَة | khamsumiāʾa | five hundred | A2 | |
| بِلْيُون | bilyūn | the number billion | B1 | |
| مِلْيار | milyār | one billion | B1 | |
| خُمُس | khumus | one fifth | B1 | |
| شَفْع | shafʿ | even (number) | C2 |
Words from the Lock&Learn Arabic deck, built on the Arabic CEFR-classified word list of Khallaf and Sharoff (2021). Definitions adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vowel marks are shown in full and the romanization is generated; example sentences are original Lock&Learn content.
Wāḥid, ithnān, thalātha, arbaʿa, khamsa, sitta, sabʿa, thamāniya, tisʿa, ʿashara. Those are the forms used for counting; with a noun, three to ten take the opposite gender to the noun, as the note above explains. The 36 number words below are the ones on the CEFR-levelled Lock&Learn Arabic lists, each with its romanization.
29 from A1, 3 from A2, 3 from B1, 1 from C2. The level chip on each row says where the word sits, so you can stop at your level or read ahead. Beginner-level words carry a real example sentence; the rest show word, romanization and meaning, with their sentences in the app.
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