عشرون

Arabic

**Arabic numbers ^(edit)**
		200
← 10	← 19	٢٠ 20	21 → ^{[a], [b]}	30 →
		2
Cardinal: عِشْرُون (ʿišrūn)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕiʃ.ruːn/

Numeral

عِشْرُونَ • (ʿišrūna) m or f (oblique عِشْرِينَ‎ (ʿišrīna))

twenty
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:65:
  
  ‏إِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ‎
  ʾin yakun minkum ʿišrūna ṣābirūna yaḡlibū miʾatayni
  If there are twenty among you who are steadfast, they can overpower two hundred.

Declension

Declension of numeral عِشْرُون (ʿišrūn)

Plural	sound masculine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عِشْرِين‎ ʿišrīn	الْعِشْرِين‎ al-ʿišrīn	عِشْرِي‎ ʿišrī
Nominative	عِشْرُونَ ʿišrūna	الْعِشْرُونَ‎ al-ʿišrūna	عِشْرُو‎ ʿišrū
Accusative	عِشْرِينَ‎ ʿišrīna	الْعِشْرِينَ‎ al-ʿišrīna	عِشْرِي‎ ʿišrī
Genitive	عِشْرِينَ‎ ʿišrīna	الْعِشْرِينَ‎ al-ʿišrīna	عِشْرِي‎ ʿišrī

Derived terms

عِشْرِينِيّ‎ (ʿišrīniyy)

Descendants

Maltese: għoxrin
Moroccan Arabic: عشرين‎ (ʕašrīn)

Adjective

عِشْرُونَ • (ʿišrūna) (feminine عِشْرُونَ (ʿišrūna))

twentieth
‏اَلْقَرْنُ الْعِشْرُون‎ ― al-qarnu l-ʿišrūn ― the twentieth century

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