How to count in Persian (Fārsī / فارسی), a Western Iranian language spoken mainly in Iran.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 0 (۰) | (sefr) صفر | |
| 1 (۱) | (yek) یک | (avval) اوّل |
| 2 (۲) | (do) دو | (duvvum) دوم |
| 3 (۳) | (se) سه | (sivvum) سوم |
| 4 (۴) | (chahâr) چهار | (chihârum) چحارم |
| 5 (۵) | (panj) پنج | (panjum) پنجم |
| 6 (۶) | (shesh) شش | (shishum) ششم |
| 7 (۷) | (haft) هفت | (haftum) هفتم |
| 8 (۸) | (hasht) هشت | (hashtum) هشتم |
| 9 (۹) | (noh) نه | (nuhum) نهم |
| 10 (۱۰) | (dah) ده | (dahum) دهم |
| 11 (۱۱) | (yâzdah) یازده | (yâzdahum) یازدهم |
| 12 (۱۲) | (davâzdah) دوازده | (davâzdahum) دوازدهم |
| 13 (۱۳) | (sizdah) سیزده | (sizdahum) سیزدهم |
| 14 (۱۴) | (chahârdah) چهارده | (chahârdahum) چهاردهم |
| 15 (۱۵) | (poonzdah) پانزده | (poonzdahum) پانزدهم |
| 16 (۱۶) | (shoonzdah) شانزده | (shoonzdahum) شانزدهم |
| 17 (۱۷) | (hifdah) هفده | (hifdahum) هفدهم |
| 18 (۱۸) | (hijdah) هجده | (hijdahum) هجدهم |
| 19 (۱۹) | (noozdah) نوزده | (noozdahum) نوزدهم |
| 20 (۲۰) | (bist) بیست | (bistum) بیستم |
| 21 (۲۱) | (bist o yek) بیست و یک | |
| 22 (۲۲) | (bist o do) بیست و دو | |
| 23 (۲۳) | (bist o seh) بیست و سه | |
| 24 (۲۴) | (bist o chahâr) بیست و چهار | |
| 25 (۲۵) | (bist o panj) بیست و پنج | |
| 26 (۲۶) | (bist o shish) بیست و شش | |
| 27 (۲۷) | (bist o haft) بیست و هفت | |
| 28 (۲۸) | (bist o hasht) بیست و هشت | |
| 29 (۲۹) | (bist o noh) بیست و نه | |
| 30 (۳۰) | (si) سی | |
| 31 (۳۱) | (si o yek) سی و یک | |
| 32 (۳۲) | (si o do) سی و دو | |
| 33 (۳۳) | (si o seh) سی و سه | |
| 34 (۳۴) | (si o chahâr) سی و چهار | |
| 35 (۳۵) | (si o panj) سی و پنج | |
| 36 (۳۶) | (si o shesh) سی و شش | |
| 37 (۳۷) | (si o haft) سی و هفت | |
| 38 (۳۸) | (si o hasht) سی و هشت | |
| 39 (۳۹) | (si o noh) سی و نه | |
| 40 (۴۰) | (chehel) چهل | |
| 50 (۵۰) | (panjâh) پنجاه | |
| 60 (۶۰) | (shast) شصت | |
| 70 (۷۰) | (haftâd) هفتاد | |
| 80 (۸۰) | (hashtâd) هشتاد | |
| 90 (۹۰) | (navad) نود | |
| 100 (۱۰۰) | (sad) صد | |
| 200 (۲۰۰) | (devist) دویست | |
| 300 (۳۰۰) | (sisad) سيصد | |
| 400 (۴۰۰) | (chahârsad) چهار صر | |
| 500 (۵۰۰) | (pansad) پانصد | |
| 600 (۶۰۰) | (sheshsad) ششصد | |
| 700 (۷۰۰) | (heftsad) هفتصد | |
| 800 (۸۰۰) | (heshtsad) هشتصد | |
| 900 (۹۰۰) | (nehsad) نهصد | |
| 1,000 (۱۰۰۰) | (hezâr) هزار | |
| 1 million (۱۰۰۰۰۰۰) |
(meyeleyon) میلیون | |
Information provided by Hosein Farhady, with corrections by Emon Kayani, Ilya Duchanin, Nima Pourdamghani
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Information about Persian numbers and numerals
https://sites.la.utexas.edu/persian_online_resources/vocabulary-lists/numbers-1-100/
http://mylanguages.org/persian_numbers.php
http://www.irpedia.com/iran-trip-planner/iran-travel-facts/975/
http://128.187.33.4/persian/persianword/numbers.htm
https://wordadaypersian.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/persian-numbers-ii-the-ordinals/
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