How to count in Aramaic (ארמית), a Semitic language that was the lingua franca of much of the Near East from about 7th century BC until the 7th century AD
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Ordinal | Cardinal | Numeral |
|---|---|---|
| (qadmai) קדמאי | m - (ḥaḏ) חַד f - (ḥăḏā) חֲדָא |
1 |
| (tinyana) תיניינא | m - (trēn) תרי f - (thartēin) תרתין |
2 |
| (tlitai) תליתאי | m - (tlātā’) תליתאי f - (tlāṯ) תלת |
3 |
| (rəviʕai) רביעי | m - (ʾarbəʿā) ארבעא f - ארבע |
4 |
| (ḥămišai) חמישי | m - (ḥamša) חמשא f - חמיש |
5 |
| (šətitai) שתיתי | m - (šittā) שיתא f - שית |
6 |
| (šəbhiʿaʾa) שביעאה | m - (šabhʿā) שבעא f - שבע |
7 |
| (təminaah) תמינאה | m - (təmānəyā) תמניא f - תמני |
8 |
| (təšiʿaah) תשיעתא | m - (tišʿa) תשעא f - תשע |
9 |
| (ʿăsiraah) עשיראה | m - (ʿăsrå) עסרא f - עסר |
10 |
| | m - חדעסר f - חדעסרא |
11 |
| | m - (tərēʿsār) תרעסר f - תרתי |
12 |
| | m- תלתעסר f - תלתעסרא |
13 |
| | ארביסר | 14 |
| | חמיסר f - חמשעסרא |
15 |
| | m - שתעסר f - שתעסרא |
16 |
| | שבעסר f - שבעסרא |
17 |
| | m - תמנעסר f - תמנעסרא |
18 |
| | m - תשעסר f - תשעסרא |
19 |
| | עסרין עשרין |
20 |
| | m - תלתין | 30 |
| | m - חמשעסר | 40 |
| | חמשין | 50 |
| | שתין | 60 |
| | שבעין | 70 |
| | תמנאין | 80 |
| | תשעין | 90 |
| | (m’ā’) מאא f - (ma’tā) מאתא |
100 |
| | (ma'tēn) מאתין | 200 |
| | (tlāthm'ā) תלתמאא | 300 |
| | (arba‘m'ā) ארבעמאא | 400 |
| | (khameshm'ā) חמשמאא | 500 |
| | (shethm'ā) שתמאא | 600 |
| | (shba‘m'ā) שבעמאא | 700 |
| | (tmānēm'ā) תמנמאא | 800 |
| | (tsha‘m'ā) תשעמאא | 900 |
| | [ʔalpɑʔ] אלפא | 1,000 |
| | [rɛbutɑʔ] בותא | 10,000 |
The word for 10,000 also means myriad or greatness.
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Sources
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Aramaic_numerals
https://aramaicnt.org/tag/aramaic-numbers/
Information about Aramaic | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Amharic, Arabic (Chadian), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Hejazi), Arabic (Lebanese), Arabic (Libyan), Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Moroccan), Aramaic, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre, Tigrinya, Turoyo
Alphabetical index | Language family index
[top]
Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com
You can support this site by Buying Me A Coffee, via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways.
If you find all the adverts annoying, there is now an Ad-free version of Omniglot which you can access for a small monthly or annual donation.
This website and its content is copyright of Simon Ager - © Simon Ager 1998-2026. All rights reserved. All images were created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Feel free to use them for personal, educational or non-commercial purposes, and don't forget to mention where they came from. More details about copyright
[top]
