- What is a cardinal number?
- Where is the position of cardinal numbers?
- In which form do nouns appear after cardinal numbers?
Cardinal numbers are used in counting. They specify the quantity of a noun. For example, “one” in “one book” and “ten” in “ten books” are cardinal numbers.
Cardinals 0-9
- 0
صفر
sefr - 1
یک
yek - 2
دو
do - 3
سه
se - 4
چهار
chahâr - 5
پنج
panj - 6
شش
shesh - 7
هفت
haft - 8
هشت
hasht - 9
نه
noh
Cardinals 11-19
- 11
یازده
yâzdah - 12
دوازده
davâzdah - 13
سیزده
sizdah - 14
چهارده
chahârdah - 15
پانزده
pânzdah - 16
شانزده
shânzdah - 17
هفده
hefdah - 18
هجده
hejdah - 19
نوزده
nuzdah
Cardinals 20-99
- 20
بیست
bist - 21
بیست و یک
bist o yek - 22
بیست و دو
bist o do - 30
سی
si - 33
سی و سه
si yo se - 40
چهل
chehel - 44
چهل و چهار
chehel o chahâr - 50
پنجاه
panjâh - 55
پنجاه و پنج
panjâh o panj - 60
شصت
shast - 66
شصت و شش
shast o shesh - 70
هفتاد
haftâd - 77
هفتاد و هفت
haftâd o haft - 80
هشتاد
hashtâd - 88
هشتاد و هشت
hashtâd o hasht - 90
نود
navad - 99
نود و نه
navad o noh
Cardinals 100-999
Regarding “100”, its full form is یکصد (“yeksad”, a/one hundred) but it is usually used as صد (“sad”, hundred). Regarding “200”, there is also دوصد (“dosad”, two+hundred) but this form is not used in modern Iranian Persian.
- 100
صد
sad - 110
صد و ده
sad o dah - 200
دویست
devist - 222
دویست و بیست و دو
devist o bist o do - 300
سیصد
sisad - 400
چهارصد
chahârsad - 500
پانصد
pânsad - 600
ششصد
sheshsad - 700
هفتصد
haftsad - 800
هشتصد
hashtsad - 900
نهصد
nohsad
Cardinals 1000 and up
Regarding “1000”, its full form is یکهزار (“yek-hezâr”, one thousand) but it is usually used as هزار (“hezâr”, thousand).
- 1000
هزار
hezâr - 1001
هزار و یک
hezâr o yek - 1100
هزار و صد
hezâr o sad - 2000
دو هزار
do hezâr - 2010
دو هزار و ده
do hezâr o dah - 10,000
ده هزار
dah hezâr - 20,000
بیست هزار
bist hezâr - 100,000
صد هزار
sad hezâr - 1,000,000
یک میلیون
yek milyun - 2,000,000
دو میلیون
do milyun - 1,000,000,000
یک میلیارد
yek milyârd
هزار میلیون
hezâr milyun - 1,000,000,000,000
یک تریلیون
yek terilyun
هزار میلیارد
hezâr milyârd
Cardinals with Nouns
Nouns are always in singular form after cardinal numbers because the number indicates the noun’s singularity or plurality.
یک کتاب yek ketâb a/one book |
دو/سه/صد کتاب do/se/sad ketâb two/three/hundred books (literally: two/three/hundred book) |