Pashto Numerals
From Afghan Watan Encyclopedia
Pashto uses a variant of Eastern Arabic numeral system. The difference between The Eastern Arabic numeral system or generally called Arabic numeral in Middle East and the Afghan or Pashto numeral is in the numbers 4, 5 & 6. The first table contains all the numbers from 0-9 (and 10) with their names in Pashto language and the second table is for the comparison of Arabic and Pashto numberals.
| Western Arabic | Pashto | Pashto Name | پښتو نوم |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ۰ | sifr | صفر |
| 1 | ۱ | yaw | يو |
| 2 | ۲ | dwa | دوه |
| 3 | ۳ | dre | دری |
| 4 | ۴ | tsalor | څلور |
| 5 | ۵ | pendze | پنځه |
| 6 | ۶ | shpag / shpazh | شپږ |
| 7 | ۷ | owe | اووه |
| 8 | ۸ | ateh | اته |
| 9 | ۹ | neh | نه |
| 10 | ۱۰ | las | لس |
| Western Arabic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Arabic | ۰ | ۱ | ۲ | ۳ | ٤ | ٥ | ٦ | ۷ | ۸ | ۹ |
| Pashto | ۰ | ۱ | ۲ | ۳ | ۴ | ۵ | ۶ | ۷ | ۸ | ۹ |