Learn Arabic Arabic Numbers and Counting 2

Question 1

What is the Arabic word for zero?

Accepted Answer

صفر (sifr)

Answer

Sifr (صفر) is the Arabic word for zero, and it is the origin of the English word 'cipher'.

Question 2

How do you say 'one thousand' in Arabic?

Accepted Answer

ألف (alf)

Answer

Alf (ألف) means one thousand in Arabic.

Question 3

In Arabic, numbers 3–10 show a grammar rule called 'polarity.' What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

The number's gender is opposite to the noun's gender

Answer

Arabic polarity means that for numbers 3–10, the number takes the opposite grammatical gender of the noun it counts.

Question 4

What is the Arabic word for the number 7?

Accepted Answer

سبعة (sab'a)

Answer

Sab'a (سبعة) is the Arabic word for seven.

Question 5

How is the number 11 expressed in Arabic?

Accepted Answer

أحد عشر (ahada ashar)

Answer

Eleven in Arabic is 'ahada ashar' (أحد عشر), literally meaning 'one-ten'.

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