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English-Arabic dictionary/Numbers in Arabic
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Cardinals
English Arabic TransliterationZero خلوة chilwaOneواحدwàhidTwoإثنينisnainThreeثلاثsalāsFourأربعarbaFiveخمسchamsSixسدسsidsSevenسبعsabEightثامانيsamaniNineتسعtisTenعشرashrElevenأحدعشahadashTwelveإثناعشisnashThirteenثلاثعشsalasashFourteenأربشarbashFifteenخمسشرkhamsashrSixteenسدسشرsidsashrSeventeenسبعشرsabashrEighteenثمانعشsamànashNineteenتسشtisashTwentyعشرونishrùn
Ordinals
English Arabic TransliterationFirst (1st)أوّلawwalSecond (2nd)ثانيsāniThird (3rd)ثالثsalisFourth (4th)رابعràbiFifth (5th)خامسchàmisSixth (6th)سادسsàdisSeventh (7th)سابعsàbiEighth (8th)ثامنsāminNinth (9th)تاسعtàsiTenth (10th)عاشرàshirEleventh (11th)حادي عشرhadiya asharTwelfth (12th)ثاني عسرsaniya asharFourteenthرابع عشرrabiya asharTwentieth (20th)العشرونalishrúnFiftiethالخمسونalchamsún
Writing methodology
Numbers are written the same as in English; so ثلاث is 3 and أربع is 4. There is an original system of writing the numerals (shown below) but it has became obsolete, this system was adopted from India and survives in Persian and Urdu; the original system went change too, by the 18th century printers in Lebanon were using the form ٤ for ۴, and ٥ for ۵.
Arabic English00۱1۲2۳3۴4۵5۶6۷7۸8۹9