واحد
wāḥidone
Arabic counts from one to one hundred with واحد (wāḥid) for 1, عشرة (ʿashara) for 10, عشرون (ʿishrūn) for 20 and مئة (miʾa) for 100. The tens follow a regular pattern.
Meaning: counting numbers from one to one hundred (phrase)
Ways to say it
| Arabic | Romanization | Note |
|---|---|---|
| واحد | wāḥid | one |
| عشرة | ʿashara | ten |
| عشرون | ʿishrūn | twenty |
| مئة | miʾa | one hundred |
What does it mean word for word?
The tens from twenty to ninety end in -ون (-ūn): عشرون (ʿishrūn) 20, ثلاثون (thalāthūn) 30, أربعون (arbaʿūn) 40. Numbers like 21 put the one first: واحد وعشرون (wāḥid wa ʿishrūn), literally "one and twenty".
How does it change in a sentence?
The numbers one and two agree with the gender of the thing counted, for example واحد (wāḥid) for a masculine noun and واحدة (wāḥida) for a feminine one.
Did you know?
- The digits used in English, 0 to 9, are called Arabic numerals, but Arabic text itself often uses the Eastern forms ١ ٢ ٣ in many countries.
Examples in context
- عندي ثلاثة أولادʿindī thalātha awlādI have three children
- اشتريت عشرين تفاحةishtaraytu ʿishrīn tuffāḥaI bought twenty apples
Example conversation
Omar counts the boxes in a shop in Amman while his colleague Rania writes the number down.
- Omarكم صندوق عندنا؟Kam ṣandūq ʿindanā?How many boxes do we have?
- Raniaعندنا عشرون صندوقاً.ʿIndanā ʿishrūn ṣandūqan.We have twenty boxes.
- Omarممتاز، شكراً.Mumtāz, shukran.Excellent, thanks.
