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Numbers
For numbers above ten (except multiples of ten), we (‘and’) is
used. Thus, 31 is wāhid we talateen (literally ‘one and thirty’), 27
HOW
is sabaa we aishreen (literally ‘seven and twenty’) and so on.
0 Sifr 30 talateen
THE
1 wāhid (m), wahda (f) 31 wāhid we talateen
2 itnayn 32 itnayn we talateen
3 talāta 40 arbiAeen
4 arbaAa 41 wāhid we arbiAeen
LANGUAGE
5 khamsa 50 khamseen
6 sitta 51 wāhid we khamseen
7 sabAa 60 sitteen
8 tamania 70 sabAeen
WORKS

9 tisAa 80 tamaneen
10 Aashara 90 tisAeen
11 hidāshar 100 maya
12 itnāshar 101 maya we wāhid
13 talattāshar 102 maya witnayn
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14 arbaAtāshar 103 maya we talāta
15 khamastāshar 104 maya we arbaAa
16 sittāshar 105 maya we khamsa
17 sabaAtāshar 200 mitayn
18 tamantāshar 300 toltomaya
19 tisaAtāshar 400 robAomaya
20 Aishreen 500 khomsomaya
21 wāhid we Aishreen 600 sittoomaya
22 itnayn we Aishreen 700 sobAomaya
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