عدد

See also: ع د د

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع د د (ʕ d d)
17 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.dad/

Noun

عَدَد • (ʕadad) m (plural أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād))

1. number

   Synonym: رَقْم (raqm)

2. numeral
3. years of life
4. multitude, crowd
5. family

Declension

Declension of noun عَدَد (ʕadad)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَدَد ʕadad	الْعَدَد al-ʕadad	عَدَد ʕadad
nominative	عَدَدٌ ʕadadun	الْعَدَدُ al-ʕadadu	عَدَدُ ʕadadu
accusative	عَدَدًا ʕadadan	الْعَدَدَ al-ʕadada	عَدَدَ ʕadada
genitive	عَدَدٍ ʕadadin	الْعَدَدِ al-ʕadadi	عَدَدِ ʕadadi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَدَدَيْن ʕadadayn	الْعَدَدَيْن al-ʕadadayn	عَدَدَيْ ʕadaday
nominative	عَدَدَانِ ʕadadāni	الْعَدَدَانِ al-ʕadadāni	عَدَدَا ʕadadā
accusative	عَدَدَيْنِ ʕadadayni	الْعَدَدَيْنِ al-ʕadadayni	عَدَدَيْ ʕadaday
genitive	عَدَدَيْنِ ʕadadayni	الْعَدَدَيْنِ al-ʕadadayni	عَدَدَيْ ʕadaday
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَعْدَاد ʔaʕdād	الْأَعْدَاد al-ʔaʕdād	أَعْدَاد ʔaʕdād
nominative	أَعْدَادٌ ʔaʕdādun	الْأَعْدَادُ al-ʔaʕdādu	أَعْدَادُ ʔaʕdādu
accusative	أَعْدَادًا ʔaʕdādan	الْأَعْدَادَ al-ʔaʕdāda	أَعْدَادَ ʔaʕdāda
genitive	أَعْدَادٍ ʔaʕdādin	الْأَعْدَادِ al-ʔaʕdādi	أَعْدَادِ ʔaʕdādi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ədəd
• → Classical Persian: عَدَد (adad)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: अदद (adad)

    Urdu: عَدَد ('adad)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਅਦਦ (adad)

    Shahmukhi script: عَدَد (ʻadad)

• → Ottoman Turkish: عَدَد ('aded, 'adet)
  • Turkish: adet

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕad.da.da/

Verb

عَدَّدَ • (ʕaddada) II (non-past يُعَدِّدُ (yuʕaddidu), verbal noun تَعْدِيد (taʕdīd))

1. to count off, to enumerate
   • Quran

     ٱَلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالًا وَعَدَّدَهُ

     allaḏī jamaʕa mālan waʕaddadahu

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to wail, to lament (of women, for the dead)
3. to multiply, make numerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of عَدَّدَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَعْدِيد)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَعْدِيد taʕdīd
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُعَدِّد muʕaddid
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُعَدَّد muʕaddad
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عَدَّدْتُ ʕaddadtu	عَدَّدْتَ ʕaddadta	عَدَّدَ ʕaddada		عَدَّدْتُمَا ʕaddadtumā	عَدَّدَا ʕaddadā		عَدَّدْنَا ʕaddadnā	عَدَّدْتُمْ ʕaddadtum	عَدَّدُوا ʕaddadū
	f		عَدَّدْتِ ʕaddadti	عَدَّدَتْ ʕaddadat			عَدَّدَتَا ʕaddadatā			عَدَّدْتُنَّ ʕaddadtunna	عَدَّدْنَ ʕaddadna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَدِّدُ ʔuʕaddidu	تُعَدِّدُ tuʕaddidu	يُعَدِّدُ yuʕaddidu		تُعَدِّدَانِ tuʕaddidāni	يُعَدِّدَانِ yuʕaddidāni		نُعَدِّدُ nuʕaddidu	تُعَدِّدُونَ tuʕaddidūna	يُعَدِّدُونَ yuʕaddidūna
	f		تُعَدِّدِينَ tuʕaddidīna	تُعَدِّدُ tuʕaddidu			تُعَدِّدَانِ tuʕaddidāni			تُعَدِّدْنَ tuʕaddidna	يُعَدِّدْنَ yuʕaddidna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَدِّدَ ʔuʕaddida	تُعَدِّدَ tuʕaddida	يُعَدِّدَ yuʕaddida		تُعَدِّدَا tuʕaddidā	يُعَدِّدَا yuʕaddidā		نُعَدِّدَ nuʕaddida	تُعَدِّدُوا tuʕaddidū	يُعَدِّدُوا yuʕaddidū
	f		تُعَدِّدِي tuʕaddidī	تُعَدِّدَ tuʕaddida			تُعَدِّدَا tuʕaddidā			تُعَدِّدْنَ tuʕaddidna	يُعَدِّدْنَ yuʕaddidna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَدِّدْ ʔuʕaddid	تُعَدِّدْ tuʕaddid	يُعَدِّدْ yuʕaddid		تُعَدِّدَا tuʕaddidā	يُعَدِّدَا yuʕaddidā		نُعَدِّدْ nuʕaddid	تُعَدِّدُوا tuʕaddidū	يُعَدِّدُوا yuʕaddidū
	f		تُعَدِّدِي tuʕaddidī	تُعَدِّدْ tuʕaddid			تُعَدِّدَا tuʕaddidā			تُعَدِّدْنَ tuʕaddidna	يُعَدِّدْنَ yuʕaddidna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		عَدِّدْ ʕaddid			عَدِّدَا ʕaddidā				عَدِّدُوا ʕaddidū
	f		عَدِّدِي ʕaddidī							عَدِّدْنَ ʕaddidna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	عُدِّدْتُ ʕuddidtu	عُدِّدْتَ ʕuddidta	عُدِّدَ ʕuddida		عُدِّدْتُمَا ʕuddidtumā	عُدِّدَا ʕuddidā		عُدِّدْنَا ʕuddidnā	عُدِّدْتُمْ ʕuddidtum	عُدِّدُوا ʕuddidū
	f		عُدِّدْتِ ʕuddidti	عُدِّدَتْ ʕuddidat			عُدِّدَتَا ʕuddidatā			عُدِّدْتُنَّ ʕuddidtunna	عُدِّدْنَ ʕuddidna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُعَدَّدُ ʔuʕaddadu	تُعَدَّدُ tuʕaddadu	يُعَدَّدُ yuʕaddadu		تُعَدَّدَانِ tuʕaddadāni	يُعَدَّدَانِ yuʕaddadāni		نُعَدَّدُ nuʕaddadu	تُعَدَّدُونَ tuʕaddadūna	يُعَدَّدُونَ yuʕaddadūna
	f		تُعَدَّدِينَ tuʕaddadīna	تُعَدَّدُ tuʕaddadu			تُعَدَّدَانِ tuʕaddadāni			تُعَدَّدْنَ tuʕaddadna	يُعَدَّدْنَ yuʕaddadna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُعَدَّدَ ʔuʕaddada	تُعَدَّدَ tuʕaddada	يُعَدَّدَ yuʕaddada		تُعَدَّدَا tuʕaddadā	يُعَدَّدَا yuʕaddadā		نُعَدَّدَ nuʕaddada	تُعَدَّدُوا tuʕaddadū	يُعَدَّدُوا yuʕaddadū
	f		تُعَدَّدِي tuʕaddadī	تُعَدَّدَ tuʕaddada			تُعَدَّدَا tuʕaddadā			تُعَدَّدْنَ tuʕaddadna	يُعَدَّدْنَ yuʕaddadna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُعَدَّدْ ʔuʕaddad	تُعَدَّدْ tuʕaddad	يُعَدَّدْ yuʕaddad		تُعَدَّدَا tuʕaddadā	يُعَدَّدَا yuʕaddadā		نُعَدَّدْ nuʕaddad	تُعَدَّدُوا tuʕaddadū	يُعَدَّدُوا yuʕaddadū
	f		تُعَدَّدِي tuʕaddadī	تُعَدَّدْ tuʕaddad			تُعَدَّدَا tuʕaddadā			تُعَدَّدْنَ tuʕaddadna	يُعَدَّدْنَ yuʕaddadna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عدد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “عد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَد (ʕadad).

Noun

عدد • (aded, adet) (plural عددلر (adedler) or اعداد (adad))

1. number
2. numeral
3. unit, piece (counter word)

Related terms

• عددی (adedi)

Descendants

• Turkish: adet

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “aded”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “عدد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 840b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَد (ʕadad).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈdad/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ád̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ád̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ád̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ád̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪ǽd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ád̪]

• Rhymes: -ad

Readings
Classical reading?	'adad
Dari reading?	adad
Iranian reading?	'adad
Tajik reading?	adad

• Audio (Iran):

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Classifier

عدد • (adad) (Tajik spelling адад)

1. classifier for units of an object

   پنج عدد اتاق ― panj adad utāq / panj adad otâġ ― five rooms

Noun

عدد • (adad) (plural اعداد (a'dād / a'dâd), or عددها (adad-hā / adad-hâ), Tajik spelling адад)

1. number (entity representing quantity)
   1. (linguistics) numeral (word representing a number)
   2. digit, numeral (symbol representing a number)
   3. quantity, figure (amount of something)

Derived terms

• عدد اول (adad-i awwal / adad-e avval, “prime number”)
• عدد جبری (adad-i jabrī / adad-e jabri, “algebraic number”)
• عدد حقیقی (adad-i haqīqī / adad-e haġiġi, “real number”)
• عدد طبیعی (adad-i tabī'ī / adad-e tabi'i, “natural number”)
• عدد مختلط (adad-i muxtilat / adad-e moxtelat, “complex number”)
• عدد موهومی (adad-i mawhūmī / adad-e mowhumi, “imaginary number”)
• عددی (adadī / adadi, “numerical”)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ع د د (0 c, 6 e)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “عدد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “عدد”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَدَد (adad), from Arabic عَدَد (ʕadad).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ə.d̪əd̪/

Noun

عَدَد • ('adad) m (formal plural اَعْدَاد (a'dād), Hindi spelling अदद)

1. number

Further reading

• “عدد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عدد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.