عشرون

Arabic
Arabic numbers (edit)
200
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20		 21  → [a], [b] 30  → 
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    Cardinal: عِشْرُون (ʕišrūn)
    Ordinal: عِشْرُون (ʕišrūn)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿiśrū-. Compare Hebrew עֶשְׂרִים (ʿeśrīm), Aramaic עֶסְרִין (ʿesrīn) and Ugaritic 𐎓𐎌𐎗𐎎 (ʿšrm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕiʃ.ruːn/

Numeral

عِشْرُونَ • (ʕišrūna) m or f (oblique عِشْرِينَ (ʕišrīna))

  1. twenty
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:65:
      إِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ
      ʔin yakun minkum ʕišrūna ṣābirūna yaḡlibū miʔatayni
      If there are twenty among you who are steadfast, they can overpower two hundred.

Declension
Declension of numeral عِشْرُون (ʕišrūn)
Plural sound masculine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عِشْرِين
ʕišrīn		 الْعِشْرِين
al-ʕišrīn		 عِشْرِي
ʕišrī
Nominative عِشْرُونَ
ʕišrūna		 الْعِشْرُونَ
al-ʕišrūna		 عِشْرُو
ʕišrū
Accusative عِشْرِينَ
ʕišrīna		 الْعِشْرِينَ
al-ʕišrīna		 عِشْرِي
ʕišrī
Genitive عِشْرِينَ
ʕišrīna		 الْعِشْرِينَ
al-ʕišrīna		 عِشْرِي
ʕišrī

Derived terms
  • عِشْرِينِيّ (ʕišrīniyy)

Descendants
  • Maltese: għoxrin
  • Moroccan Arabic: عشرين (ʕašrīn)
  • → Swahili: ishirini

Adjective

عِشْرُونَ • (ʕišrūna) (feminine عِشْرُونَ (ʕišrūna))

  1. twentieth
    اَلْقَرْنُ الْعِشْرُون ― al-qarnu l-ʕišrūn ― the twentieth century
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