عشرون

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Arabic

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Arabic numbers (edit)
200
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20
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    Cardinal: عِشْرُون (ʕišrūn)
    Ordinal: عِشْرُون (ʕišrūn)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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عِشْرُونَ (ʕišrūnam 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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Adjective

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عِشْرُونَ (ʕišrūna) (feminine عِشْرُونَ (ʕišrūna))

  1. twentieth
    اَلْقَرْنُ الْعِشْرُونal-qarnu l-ʕišrūnthe twentieth century