Numbers (الأَعْدَاد) #

Arabic numerals and counting rules.

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1–10 (الأَعْدَاد الأَسَاسِيَّة) #

11–19 (أَحَدَ عَشَرَ إِلَى تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ) #

Numbers 11–19 are special:

• They are said as “unit + ten”
• No وَ (and) is used

20 (العِشْرُون) #

21–29 (الوَاحِد وَالعِشْرُون → التِّسْعَة وَالعِشْرُون) #

From 21 onwards, Arabic uses:

unit + وَ + ten

30–90 (العَشَرَات) #

Numbers Between the Tens (31–99) #

Same rule applies:

unit + وَ + ten

Examples:

• 34 → ٣٤ → أَرْبَعَة وَثَلَاثُون
• 58 → ٥٨ → ثَمَانِيَة وَخَمْسُون
• 76 → ٧٦ → سِتَّة وَسَبْعُون

100 (مِائَة) #

Examples:

• 101 → ١٠١ → مِائَة وَوَاحِد
• 115 → ١١٥ → مِائَة وَخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ

Hundreds (المِئَات) #

1000 (أَلْف) #

10,000 and Above #

Pattern Summary #

• 1–10 → basic forms
• 11–19 → unit + ten (no وَ)
• 21–99 → unit + وَ + ten
• 100+ → hundreds + وَ + rest
• 1000+ → thousands + rest

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