Arabic Numbers 1–100: Words + Pronunciation

Arabic numbers from 1 to 100 become much easier once you separate two skills: reading the Arabic-Indic digits (١، ٢، ٣) and saying the Arabic number words (واحِد، اِثْنان، ثَلاثة). You need both for prices, phone numbers, dates, ages, and addresses. The good news is that Arabic counting follows clear patterns, so learning 1–10 and the tens lets you build almost every number up to 100.

This guide focuses on Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), the shared form understood across the Arab world. It includes a 0–9 digit chart, the number words with transliteration, a complete Arabic numerals 1–100 reference, and a short practice sheet. If a trip is coming up, pair it with these practical Arabic travel phrases.

Arabic numerals 0 to 9 chart

These ten symbols are the building blocks for every Arabic-Indic numeral. Learn the shapes first; a larger number is simply a sequence of the same digits.

You may hear these called Arabic numerals, Arabic-Indic numerals, or Eastern Arabic numerals. Western digits (0–9) are also common across the Arab world, so a sign or menu may use either set. Persian and Urdu use a closely related set with a few different shapes. Digits are separate from the 28 letters; if the alphabet is still new, keep our Arabic alphabet guide beside this chart.

Numbers 1 to 10

Start here — these ten words are the foundation for everything that follows.

Turn recognition into recall: read one row, cover it, then say the Arabic word before checking yourself. Kalam Daily adds native-speaker audio and spaced review to that same loop, so you practise how number words sound instead of only recognising them on a page.

Numbers 11 to 19

The teens are formed by joining a unit with a form of “ten” (عَشَر, ʿashar). Note that 11 and 12 are slightly irregular, but the rest follow the same shape.

The tens: 20 to 90

Here is where the pattern pays off. Most of the tens are built from the unit you already know, plus the ending ـون (-uun). Notice how 30, 40, 50 and so on echo 3, 4, 5.

How Arabic number patterns work from 21 to 99

For a number between the tens — such as 21, 35, or 99 — Arabic says the unit first, then “and,” then the ten. The connector is و (wa), meaning “and.” It attaches to the following word in Arabic writing.

Once you internalise this unit + wa + ten rule, you can say every number from 21 to 99 without memorising another eighty isolated words. Five of the seven weekdays also come from number roots, so this pattern reinforces the days of the week and months in Arabic.

Complete Arabic numerals 1 to 100 chart

Use this quick-reference chart when you need to recognise or write a number. Read the first pair of columns from 1 to 50, then the second pair from 51 to 100.

Are Arabic numbers written left to right?

Yes. Although Arabic text is read from right to left, a multi-digit numeral keeps its digits in left-to-right place-value order. The Arabic-Indic numeral ٢٥ has the 2-shaped digit in the tens place and the 5-shaped digit in the ones place, so it means 25, not 52. Likewise, 2026 is ٢٠٢٦: the digit order has not changed, only the shapes have.

Phone numbers are normally read one digit at a time. For example, the beginning ٠٥٠ is sifr, khamsa, sifr (zero, five, zero). Prices and ages are usually read as complete numbers, using the word patterns above.

A quick note on gender and grammar

The chart gives the common standalone forms you use to learn and identify each number. In a complete MSA sentence, a number’s form can change with grammatical case and with the gender of the noun being counted. Numbers 3–10 usually take the opposite grammatical gender from their noun: “three books” is ثَلاثة كُتُب (thalaathatu kutub), while “three cars” is ثَلاث سَيّارات (thalaathu sayyaaraat).

Do not let that rule slow down your first pass. Learn to recognise the digits and standalone words first, then learn agreement inside useful phrases. The 100 most common Arabic words give you pronouns, verbs, and nouns to start building those phrases.

Arabic numbers practice sheet

Print this page, or cover the answer key on your screen. Give yourself two minutes for each round and say every answer aloud.

Round 1: write the Arabic-Indic numeral

Write these using Arabic-Indic digits: 4, 8, 12, 27, 50, 93.

Round 2: read the numeral

Write the Western-digit value of: ٧، ١٦، ٢٩، ٤١، ٧٥، ١٠٠.

Round 3: build the Arabic number word

Use unit + wa + ten to say: 24, 38, 61, 75, 92.

Answer key

• Round 1: ٤، ٨، ١٢، ٢٧، ٥٠، ٩٣
• Round 2: 7, 16, 29, 41, 75, 100
• Round 3: أَرْبَعة وَعِشْرون (arbaʿa wa-ʿishruun); ثَمانِية وَثَلاثون (thamaaniya wa-thalaathuun); واحِد وَسِتّون (waahid wa-sittuun); خَمْسة وَسَبْعون (khamsa wa-sabʿuun); اِثْنان وَتِسْعون (ithnaan wa-tisʿuun)

How to remember Arabic numbers for good

Reading a list once will not lock these in. Numbers reward active, spaced practice:

1. Count real things out loud — stairs, items in your cart, or the minutes on a timer.
2. Practise your own phone number, age, and a few familiar prices until they are automatic.
3. Review yesterday’s numbers before adding new ones, then retest them a few days later.

Kalam Daily is built around that same recall loop: a new useful word each day, native-speaker audio, and spaced repetition that schedules the next review for you. Use the app to train your ear, then return to this chart and see which numbers you can produce without looking.

For a deeper memory routine, follow our guide on how to learn Arabic vocabulary fast. Once the counting numbers feel solid, put them to work on the clock with our guide to telling time in Arabic, or at the table when you order food in Arabic and check the bill. Pair your numbers with the 50 most common Arabic words for beginners so they have sentences to live in, or continue through the step-by-step Arabic learning path.