< English-Arabic dictionary
Cardinals
| English | Arabic | Transliteration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero | خلوة | chilwa | |
| One | واحد | wàhid | |
| Two | إثنين | isnain | |
| Three | ثلاث | salās | |
| Four | أربع | arba | |
| Five | خمس | chams | |
| Six | سدس | sids | |
| Seven | سبع | sab | |
| Eight | ثاماني | samani | |
| Nine | تسع | tis | |
| Ten | عشر | ashr | |
| Eleven | أحدعش | ahadash | |
| Twelve | إثناعش | isnash | |
| Thirteen | ثلاثعش | salasash | |
| Fourteen | أربش | arbash | |
| Fifteen | خمسشر | khamsashr | |
| Sixteen | سدسشر | sidsashr | |
| Seventeen | سبعشر | sabashr | |
| Eighteen | ثمانعش | samànash | |
| Nineteen | تسش | tisash | |
| Twenty | عشرون | ishrùn |
Ordinals
| English | Arabic | Transliteration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First (1st) | أوّل | awwal | |
| Second (2nd) | ثاني | sāni | |
| Third (3rd) | ثالث | salis | |
| Fourth (4th) | رابع | ràbi | |
| Fifth (5th) | خامس | chàmis | |
| Sixth (6th) | سادس | sàdis | |
| Seventh (7th) | سابع | sàbi | |
| Eighth (8th) | ثامن | sāmin | |
| Ninth (9th) | تاسع | tàsi | |
| Tenth (10th) | عاشر | àshir | |
| Eleventh (11th) | حادي عشر | hadiya ashar | |
| Twelfth (12th) | ثاني عسر | saniya ashar | |
| Fourteenth | رابع عشر | rabiya ashar | |
| Twentieth (20th) | العشرون | alishrún | |
| Fiftieth | الخمسون | alchamsún |
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 | English | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | |
| ۱ | 1 | |
| ۲ | 2 | |
| ۳ | 3 | |
| ۴ | 4 | |
| ۵ | 5 | |
| ۶ | 6 | |
| ۷ | 7 | |
| ۸ | 8 | |
| ۹ | 9 |
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