Numbers in Armenian
How do we write numbers in Armenian — ???????? ??? ??????? ?? ????? ??????:
Numbers (??????? ??????) are of three kinds in Western Armenian:
Cardinals numbers (????????), which answer the question: «?????» (how much?)
Ordinal numbers (??????? ) which answer the question: «????? ?????» (which number?)
Distributive numbers (????????) which answer the question: «?????????» (how many?)
In the table below those numbers are placed with their equivalent English values:
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Cardinal numbers ???????? ?????????? |
Ordinal numbers ??????? ?????????? |
Distributive numbers ???????? ?????????? |
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1 |
??? 1(*) |
un |
?????? |
First |
??? ???, ??????, ??????? |
one by one |
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2 |
????? |
deux |
??????? |
second |
?????-?????, ????????, ?????????? |
two by two |
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3 |
???? |
three |
?????? |
third |
????-????, ??????? |
etc, … |
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4 |
???? |
four |
??????? |
fourth |
????-????, ???????? |
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5 |
???? |
five |
????????? |
fifth |
????-????, ???????? |
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6 |
??? |
six |
???????? |
sixth |
???-???, ??????? |
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7 |
????, ???? |
seven |
???????? |
seventh |
??????? |
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8 |
??? |
eight |
???????? |
eighth |
??????? |
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9 |
???, ??? |
nine |
???????? |
nineth |
??????? |
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10 |
????, ???? |
ten |
????????? |
tenth |
???? ????, ???????? |
ten by ten |
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11 |
????????, ????????? |
eleven |
????????????? |
eleventh |
???????????? |
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12 |
?????????? |
twelve |
??????????????? |
twelveth |
?????????????? |
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13 |
????????? |
thirteen |
?????????????? |
thirteenth |
???????????? |
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14 |
????????? |
fourteen |
??????????? |
fourteenth |
????????????? |
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15 |
????????? |
fiveteen |
?????????????? |
fiveteenth |
????????????? |
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16 |
???????? |
sixteen |
????????????? |
sixteenth |
???????????? |
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17 |
???????? |
seventeen |
????????????? |
seventeenth |
????????????? |
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18 |
??????? |
eighteen |
???????????? |
eighteenth |
???????????? |
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19 |
???????? |
nineteen |
????????????? |
nineteenth |
???????????? |
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20 |
???? |
twenty |
????????? |
twentieth |
???????? |
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21 |
???????? |
twentyone |
????????????? |
twentyfirsth |
???????????? |
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30 |
??????? |
thirty |
???????????? |
thirtieth |
??????????? |
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40 |
???????? |
fourty |
????????????? |
fortieth |
???????????? |
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50 |
?????? |
fifty |
??????????? |
fiftieth |
?????????? |
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60 |
??????? |
sixty |
???????????? |
sixtieth |
??????????? |
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70 |
?????????? |
seventy |
??????????????? |
seventieth |
?????????????? |
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80 |
??????? |
eighty |
???????????? |
eightieth |
??????????? |
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90 |
??????? |
ninety |
??????????? |
ninetieth |
??????????? |
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100 |
?????? |
hundred |
??????????? |
hundredth |
?????????? |
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200 |
????? ?????? |
two hundred |
????? ??????????? |
two hundredth |
????? ?????????? |
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500 |
???? ?????? |
five hundred |
???? ??????????? |
five hundredth |
???? ?????????? |
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1000 |
????? |
thousand |
?????????? |
thousandth |
????????? |
mille by mille |
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2000 |
????? ????? |
two thousand |
????? ?????????? |
two thousandth |
????? ????????? |
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104 |
???? ????? |
ten thousand |
???? ?????????? |
ten thousandth |
???? ????????? |
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105 |
?????? ????? |
hundred thousand |
?????? ?????????? |
hundred thousandth |
?????? ????????? |
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106 |
??? ?????? |
million |
??????????? |
millionth |
?????????? |
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(*) ??? stressed: ???? means “sole”
Note: the word ???? (zero) is not an adjective, it’s a noun.
14/08/2024