Emirati Arabic
Numbers 0 to 5 in Arabic (Emirati)
The first six numbers, the way they are said in the UAE.
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Sifr
صفر
Zero
0
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Waa7id
واحد
One
1
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Ithnayn
اثنين
Two
2
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Thalatha
ثلاثة
Three
3
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Arb3a
أربعة
Four
4
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5amsa
خمسة
Five
5
How to pronounce it
- 3 is the Arabic letter ع. It is a deep sound squeezed from the throat, with no English equivalent.
- 7 is the Arabic letter ح. It is a strong, breathy h from the back of the throat, like breathing on glasses to clean them.
- kh (sometimes written 5) is the Arabic letter خ. It is the rough sound at the end of the Scottish "loch".
- th is said as in "think" for ث and as in "this" for ذ.
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