Arabic vocabulary
عَشَرten in Arabic
عَشَر is how you say “ten” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root ع ش ر (ʿ-sh-r)noun / numeral (cardinal number)Pronounced ʿashr
Meaning of ten in Arabic
- ten (cardinal number) — Lane's identifies it as the feminine-form counterpart of عَشَرَةٌ
This is the cardinal number "ten." Lane's lexicon defines it simply as the feminine form of عَشَرَةٌ, its masculine-form counterpart — the two belong to a root whose verb forms describe taking a tenth of something, or making/completing a group of ten.
Words from the same root
- عَشَرَto take a tenth of (property, people); to make ten by adding one
- عَشَّرَto make a number ten; to take the tithe; to mark a Qur'an copy's tenths
- عَاشَرَto mix with, consort with, keep familiar company with someone
- عَشَرَةٌten (the masculine-form cardinal number)
- عُشْرٌa tenth; one part in ten
- عُشَرَآءُa she-camel in the tenth month of her pregnancy
Common questions
- How do you say "ten" in Arabic?
- عَشْر (ʿashr) — the feminine-form cardinal number ten, used opposite the masculine-form عَشَرَةٌ.
- What root does عَشْر come from?
- It comes from the triliteral root ع-ش-ر (ʿ-sh-r), whose verb forms mean to take a tenth of something or to make a number reach ten.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
من استعاذ بِاللَّه فِي الْيَوْم عشر مَرَّات من الشَّيْطَان الرَّجِيم
Whoever seeks refuge with Allah ten times a day from the accursed Satan,
عَشْرَ — ten. This is a counting word that pairs with the noun after it; in Arabic the number and the counted thing form a tight unit, and the noun it counts takes a specific shape because of it. It fixes the quantity at exactly ten.
From: Ten Daily Supplications →فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرُ اِثْنَى عَشَرَ رَجُلًا،
Only twelve men remained with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
عَشَرَ — ten. The 'ten' half completing 'twelve' with the 'two' before it; the two words lock together into one teen-number. The count is carried by this fixed pairing rather than by a single number-word.
From: A Companion at Battle →
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