Learn the Arabic numbers and numerals from 0-100. Arabic is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It is primarily spoken by people living in the Middle East and North African. According to some estimates, more than 400 million people speak Arabic as their native language.
Numbers in Arabic
Feeling overwhelmed about all the rules of Arabic Numerals? This is a simple, yet comprehensive breakdown of all the rules you need to know.
Keep in mind that in Arabic we have a masculine and a feminine variant for each number.
Here are the numbers from 1 to 100 in Arabic. The numbers are are in words next to the symbol for each:
| Number | Numeral | Arabic | Romanized |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ١ | وَاحِد | wahid |
| 2 | ٢ | اِثْنَان | ithnan |
| 3 | ٣ | ثَلَاثَة | thalathah |
| 4 | ٤ | أَرْبَعَة | arbaʿa |
| 5 | ٥ | خَمْسَة | hhamsa |
| 6 | ٦ | سِتَّة | sitta |
| 7 | ٧ | سَبْعَة | sabʿa |
| 8 | ٨ | ثَمَانِيَة | thamaniya |
| 9 | ٩ | تِسْعَة | tisʿa |
| 10 | ١٠ | عَشَرَة | ashar |
| 11 | ١١ | أَحَدَ عَشَرَ | ahada ashar |
| 12 | ١٢ | اِثْنَا عَشَرَ | ithna ashar |
| 13 | ١٣ | ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ | thalatha ashar |
| 14 | ١٤ | أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ | arbaʿa ashar |
| 15 | ١٥ | خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ | hhamsa ashar |
| 16 | ١٦ | سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ | sitta ashar |
| 17 | ١٧ | سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ | sabʿa ashar |
| 18 | ١٨ | ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ | thamaniya ashar |
| 19 | ١٩ | تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ | tisʿa ashar |
| 20 | ٢٠ | عِشْرُونَ | ishrun |
| 21 | ٢١ | وَاحِد و عِشْرُونَ | wahid wa ishrun |
| 22 | ٢٢ | اِثْنَان و عِشْرُونَ | ithnan wa ishrun |
| 23 | ٢٣ | ثَلَاثَة و عِشْرُونَ | thalathah wa ishrun |
| 24 | ٢٤ | أَرْبَعَة و عِشْرُونَ | arbaʿa wa ishrun |
| 25 | ٢٥ | خَمْسَة و عِشْرُونَ | hhamsa wa ishrun |
| 26 | ٢٦ | سِتَّة و عِشْرُونَ | sitta wa ishrun |
| 27 | ٢٧ | سَبْعَة و عِشْرُونَ | sabʿa wa ishrun |
| 28 | ٢٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و عِشْرُونَ | thamaniya wa ishrun |
| 29 | ٢٩ | تِسْعَة و عِشْرُونَ | tisʿa wa ishrun |
| 30 | ٣٠ | ثَلَاثُونَ | thalathun |
| 31 | ٣١ | وَاحِد و ثَلَاثُونَ | wahid wa thalathun |
| 32 | ٣٢ | اِثْنَان و ثَلَاثُونَ | ithnan wa thalathun |
| 33 | ٣٣ | ثَلَاثَة و ثَلَاثُونَ | thalathah wa thalathun |
| 34 | ٣٤ | أَرْبَعَة و ثَلَاثُونَ | arbaʿa wa thalathun |
| 35 | ٣٥ | خَمْسَة و ثَلَاثُونَ | hhamsa wa thalathun |
| 36 | ٣٦ | سِتَّة و ثَلَاثُونَ | sitta wa thalathun |
| 37 | ٣٧ | سَبْعَة و ثَلَاثُونَ | sabʿa wa thalathun |
| 38 | ٣٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و ثَلَاثُونَ | thamaniya wa thalathun |
| 39 | ٣٩ | تِسْعَة و ثَلَاثُونَ | tisʿa wa thalathun |
| 40 | ٤٠ | أَرْبَعُونَ | arbaʿun |
| 41 | ٤١ | وَاحِد و أَرْبَعُونَ | wahid wa arbaʿun |
| 42 | ٤٢ | اِثْنَان و أَرْبَعُونَ | ithnan wa arbaʿun |
| 43 | ٤٣ | ثَلَاثَة و أَرْبَعُونَ | thalathah wa arbaʿun |
| 44 | ٤٤ | أَرْبَعَة و أَرْبَعُونَ | arbaʿa wa arbaʿun |
| 45 | ٤٥ | خَمْسَة و أَرْبَعُونَ | hhamsa wa arbaʿun |
| 46 | ٤٦ | سِتَّة و أَرْبَعُونَ | sitta wa arbaʿun |
| 47 | ٤٧ | سَبْعَة و أَرْبَعُونَ | sabʿa wa arbaʿun |
| 48 | ٤٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و أَرْبَعُونَ | thamaniya wa arbaʿun |
| 49 | ٤٩ | تِسْعَة و أَرْبَعُونَ | tisʿa wa arbaʿun |
| 50 | ٥٠ | خَمْسُونَ | hhamsun |
| 51 | ٥١ | وَاحِد و خَمْسُونَ | wahid wa hhamsun |
| 52 | ٥٢ | اِثْنَان و خَمْسُونَ | ithnan wa hhamsun |
| 53 | ٥٣ | ثَلَاثَة و خَمْسُونَ | thalathah wa hhamsun |
| 54 | ٥٤ | أَرْبَعَة و خَمْسُونَ | arbaʿa wa hhamsun |
| 55 | ٥٥ | خَمْسَة و خَمْسُونَ | hhamsa wa hhamsun |
| 56 | ٥٦ | سِتَّة و خَمْسُونَ | sitta wa hhamsun |
| 57 | ٥٧ | سَبْعَة و خَمْسُونَ | sabʿa wa hhamsun |
| 58 | ٥٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و خَمْسُونَ | thamaniya wa hhamsun |
| 59 | ٥٩ | تِسْعَة و خَمْسُونَ | tisʿa wa hhamsun |
| 60 | ٦٠ | سِتُّونَ | sittun |
| 61 | ٦١ | وَاحِد و سِتُّونَ | wahid wa sittun |
| 62 | ٦٢ | اِثْنَان و سِتُّونَ | ithnan wa sittun |
| 63 | ٦٣ | ثَلَاثَة و سِتُّونَ | thalathah wa sittun |
| 64 | ٦٤ | أَرْبَعَة و سِتُّونَ | arbaʿa wa sittun |
| 65 | ٦٥ | خَمْسَة و سِتُّونَ | hhamsa wa sittun |
| 66 | ٦٦ | سِتَّة و سِتُّونَ | sitta wa sittun |
| 67 | ٦٧ | سَبْعَة و سِتُّونَ | sabʿa wa sittun |
| 68 | ٦٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و سِتُّونَ | thamaniya wa sittun |
| 69 | ٦٩ | تِسْعَة و سِتُّونَ | tisʿa wa sittun |
| 70 | ٧٠ | سَبْعُونَ | sab’un |
| 71 | ٧١ | وَاحِد و سَبْعُونَ | wahid wa sab’un |
| 72 | ٧٢ | اِثْنَان و سَبْعُونَ | ithnan wa sab’un |
| 73 | ٧٣ | ثَلَاثَة و سَبْعُونَ | thalathah wa sab’un |
| 74 | ٧٤ | أَرْبَعَة و سَبْعُونَ | arbaʿa wa sab’un |
| 75 | ٧٥ | خَمْسَة و سَبْعُونَ | hhamsa wa sab’un |
| 76 | ٧٦ | سِتَّة و سَبْعُونَ | sitta wa sab’un |
| 77 | ٧٧ | سَبْعَة و سَبْعُونَ | sabʿa wa sab’un |
| 78 | ٧٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و سَبْعُونَ | thamaniya wa sab’un |
| 79 | ٧٩ | تِسْعَة و سَبْعُونَ | tisʿa wa sab’un |
| 80 | ٨٠ | ثَمَانُونَ | thamanun |
| 81 | ٨١ | وَاحِد و ثَمَانُونَ | wahid wa thamanun |
| 82 | ٨٢ | اِثْنَان و ثَمَانُونَ | ithnan wa thamanun |
| 83 | ٨٣ | ثَلَاثَة و ثَمَانُونَ | thalathah wa thamanun |
| 84 | ٨٤ | أَرْبَعَة و ثَمَانُونَ | arbaʿa wa thamanun |
| 85 | ٨٥ | خَمْسَة و ثَمَانُونَ | hhamsa wa thamanun |
| 86 | ٨٦ | سِتَّة و ثَمَانُونَ | sitta wa thamanun |
| 87 | ٨٧ | سَبْعَة و ثَمَانُونَ | sabʿa wa thamanun |
| 88 | ٨٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و ثَمَانُونَ | thamaniya wa thamanun |
| 89 | ٨٩ | تِسْعَة و ثَمَانُونَ | tisʿa wa thamanun |
| 90 | ٩٠ | تِسْعُونَ | tis’un |
| 91 | ٩١ | وَاحِد و تِسْعُونَ | wahid wa tis’un |
| 92 | ٩٢ | اِثْنَان و تِسْعُونَ | ithnan wa tis’un |
| 93 | ٩٣ | ثَلَاثَة و تِسْعُونَ | thalathah wa tis’un |
| 94 | ٩٤ | أَرْبَعَة و تِسْعُونَ | arbaʿa wa tis’un |
| 95 | ٩٥ | خَمْسَة و تِسْعُونَ | hhamsa wa tis’un |
| 96 | ٩٦ | سِتَّة و تِسْعُونَ | sitta wa tis’un |
| 97 | ٩٧ | سَبْعَة و تِسْعُونَ | sabʿa wa tis’un |
| 98 | ٩٨ | ثَمَانِيَة و تِسْعُونَ | thamaniya wa tis’un |
| 99 | ٩٩ | تِسْعَة و تِسْعُونَ | tisʿa wa tis’un |
| 100 | ١٠٠ | مِئَة | mi’a |
Rules of Arabic Numerals
Rules for numbers 1 and 2
The numbers 1 and 2 always match the gender of the noun they qualify. That is, their form is masculine with masculine nouns and feminine with feminine nouns. These are اِثْنَان/ وَاحِد with masculine nouns and وَاحِدَة / اِثْنَتَان with feminine nouns, as in these examples:
يومٌ وَاحِدٌ | one day
ُحُجرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ | one room
جَاءَ عَالِمَان اِثْنَان | Two scientists came
قَرَأتُ رِسَالَتَينِ اِثْنَتَين | I read two letters
Remember: The numbers 1 and 2 in Arabic follow the noun they modify and agree with it in case and gender.
Rules for numbers 3-9
For numbers 3-9, we use plural nouns, disagreeing with the gender of the noun, Nouns that follow these numbers should be indefinite genitive plural, as in these examples:
سَبْعَةُ كُتُبٍ| seven books
تِسْعُ سَيَّارَاتٍ | nine cars
Keep in mind that the numbers 3-10 are made masculine by just dropping ‘ta’, the feminine marker from the end. (ة )
Just remember, the number has the opposite gender of the singular noun.
Rules of number 10:
When 10 is used alone (not compounded with 1 to 9), it follows the reverse agreement rule. If it is compounded with 1 to 9, it must agree with the noun it precedes.
Note that for عشرة the masculine form not only drops the ة but requires putting a sukuun ْ over the ش, so you get عَشْرٌ
عَشَرَةُ أَهْدَافٍ | ten goals
عَشْرُ لَاعِبَاتٍ | Ten female players
Rules for numbers 11 and 12
When the number 11 modifies a masculine word both the unit number َأحَد and the tens number عَشر are masculine. However, they are both in the accusative without nunation (تنوين). The counted noun will follow the number and will be singular and in the accusative case with nuntation .
For example, “eleven books” is أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كِتَابًا.
If the counted noun is feminine then both parts of the number 11 are converted to the feminine. The feminine of أَحَدَ is إِحْدَى and since إحْدَى ends in an alif maqsuura ى it will not show the case. However, the feminine of, عَشرَ will show the accusative case without nunation. The feminine ofعَشر is عَشْرَة Note that a sukuun is placed over the ش in the feminine.
For example, “Eleven novels” is إِحْدَى عَشْرَة روايًة. Since رواية is feminine, both words used in the number are also feminine.
Essentially, 12 works just like 11 but with a small twist. First, the similarities: The counted noun is always singular and accusative with nunation. The two elements of the number twelve both agree with the noun in gender. The second term of the number, عشر or عشرة , is always accusative without nunation.
The difference between 11 and 12 lies in the first element of the number. The first element in 12 is إثْنَا for masculine nominative, but is إِثْنَىْ for the accusative and genitive. The same is true when the first element is feminine. The feminine is إثْنَتا for the nominative and إِثْنَتَيْ for the accusative. For example
في المسجد اِثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا واِثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ سَيْدةً
There are twelve men and twelve women in the mosque.
Rules for numbers 13 to 19 in Arabic
For numbers, 13-19 the rules are as follows:
1. The second element (عَشر or عَشرة) agrees with the counted noun in gender.
2. The first element (ثلاثة, اربعة… etc.) shows the reverse agreement that we saw for the numbers 3-10.
3. Both elements of the number are always accusative without nunation.
4. The counted noun is singular, accusative, and has nunation.
For example:
ثَلاثَةَ عَشَرَ دَرْسًا | thirteen lessons
ًخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ تفاحَة | fifteen apples
note that the harakah of the letter ش in number عشرة will be as the following:
- If عشر comes as masculine, then if it is singular the ش will be with sukoon (ساكنة ) while if عشر comes as compound number then the ش will be with fatha as in these Ayat :
وَبَعَثْنَا مِنهُمُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نَقِيبًا
سورة المائدة : 12
مَن جَاء بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا
سورة الأنعام : 160
- If عشرة came as feminine ,then if it is singular then ش will be with fatha ,while if it comes as compound number then ش will be with sukoon as in these Ayat:
فَانفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ
سورة البقرة : 60
تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ
سورة البقرة : 196
Rules for number 20 to 99
Below are the numbers in Arabic for the tens.
| Cardinal Number | Nominative | Arabic symbols |
| 20 | عِشْرُونَ | ٢٠ |
| 30 | ثَلاثُونَ | ٣٠ |
| 40 | أَرْبَعُونَ | ٤٠ |
| 50 | خَمْسُونَ | ٥٠ |
| 60 | سِتُّونَ | ٦٠ |
| 70 | سَبْعونَ | ٧٠ |
| 80 | ثَمَانُونَ | ٨٠ |
| 90 | تِسْعُونَ | ٩٠ |
These numbers are easy to memorize as they are essentially the numbers 3 through 10 made plural. These numbers decline for case, just as masculine sound plurals do. The nouns they modify are singular, accusative and have nunation. These numbers have no feminine versions. Thus “50 boys” is خَمْسُونَ ولدًا and 50 girls is خَمْسُونَ بنتًا.
In order to produce numbers such as 21, 22, 23….99, you use the numbers 1 to 9 along with the tens number. وَ is used to connect the unit number with the tens number. Notice also that the number for 1 can either be وَاحِد or its feminine counterpart وَاحِدَة, or أحد and its feminine counterpart إحْدَى.
The unit numbers for one and two agree with the noun just as they do on their own.
For example, “twenty-one books” is و وَاحِدٌ و عِشرُونَ كتابًا or أحَدٌ وعشرون كتابًا. “Twenty-one letters” is وَاحِدَةُ وعِشْرُونَ رسالةً or إحْدَى وعِشرونَ رسالة.
The same agreement takes place whenever two is combined with one of the tens.
For the numbers 3-9, when used in combination with the tens, the principal of reverse agreement applies just as it does when these numbers are used by themselves. For example:
“forty-three male teachers” is ثَلَاثَةٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ مُعَلمًا
“forty-three female teachers” is ثَلَاثٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ مُعَلِمَةً
Summary of Numbers 1-99
- 1 and 2 always follow the gender of the word: وَاحِد/وَاحِدَة، اِثْنَان/اِثْنَتَان . And this happens whether they’re “independent” (1, 2) or compounded (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32….)
- 2 is treated like any dual word: اِثْنَان in nominative case, and اِثْنَتَين in (genitive), and it loses its nun when in an idaafa structure with 3ashra: اِثْنَا عَشَرَ رجلاً and اِثْنَتَا عَشْرَة امرأة .
- 10 takes the opposite gender of the word: عَشْرُ نساء ٍ وعَشَرَةَ رجالٍ
- 3 – 9 also takes the opposite. As in the Quranic verse:ٍ في سِتَةِ أيام (Allah created the world in six days).
- 11-12: follow the gender – أَحَدَ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً وإحْدَى عَشْرَةَ اِمْرَأَةٍ، اِثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلاً واِثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ اِمْرَأَة
- 13-19: the ten follows the gender and the unit number doesn’t – ثَلَاثُ عَشْرَةَ يَومًا وخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ لَيْلَة
- 20, 30, 40….90 : are same for both genders.
- 23, 24, 25… 33, 34,…93, 94… : (3-9) takes the opposite gender of the word, while the 30, 40….90 (10’s place digit) remains constant ثَلَاثَةٌ وعِشْرُونَ رَجُلاً وثَلَاثٌ وعشرُونَ اِمرَأَة
Rules for number 100:
مِئَة will always remain the same whether the counted noun is masculine or feminine.
The word for “one hundred” is مِئة . Sometimes it is spelt differently – مائة. However, both spellings are pronounced “mi’ah.” And in holy Quran its always pronounced as مِئة and not مائة,
“one hundred men” is مِئَةَ رَجُلٍ.
Since مِئَة is a noun we don’t have to worry about the reverse agreement. It will always be feminine even when followed by a feminine noun. Thus “one hundred women” is مِئَةُ امرأةٍ, and two hundred is مِئَتَان.
To say “one hundred and one” we use مِئَةٌ وَ وَاحِد (or واحدة for feminine). The same is true for “one hundred two” مِئَةٌ وَ إثْنَان (or إثْنتان for feminine).
For all numbers from 103 to 999, the case and number of the counted noun depend upon the last word in the number. Thus “one hundred and four boys” is مِئَةٌ وَ أَرْبَعَة اولاد but “one hundred and fifty-three boys” is مِئةٌ وَ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَ خَمْسُونَ وَلَدًا. In the first example, اربعة was the last word. Since 3-9 are always in an idaafa construction, show reverse agreement, and are followed by the plural noun. The word ولد is made plural and is in the genitive. And the number اربعة is feminine.
In the second example, the word “fifty” is the last numeral. Since خَمْسُون is always followed by a singular, indefinite and accusative noun, ولد is written ولدًا
For four hundred sixty-seven boys, we can say,
أَرْبَعُمَائَة ٌ وَ سَبْعَةٌ وَ سِتُونَ ولَدَاً
And for feminine : سَبْع (following the same rules we have mentioned).
The rest of the hundreds are themselves idaafas for numbers 3-9 written before مِئَة. Since مِئَة is a noun, the numbers will be masculine. However, مئة will remain singular. “Three hundred” is ثَلَاثُمِئَة. The numbers (300,400,500,…900) remain the same irrespective of gender. For example: سَبْعُمَائَة كتاب و سَبْعُمَائَة فكرة
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