"ARABIC NUMERALS, SCRIPT & CALIGRAPHY" Personal Page by sayedaburas


The Zero & One

Explore how Arabic Numerals were derived.

Don't ask me where is the 10 ?

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0 Sefr / Zero
1 WA-HED
2 ETH-NEIN
3 THA-LA-THA
4 AR-BA-A-A
5 KHAM-SSA
6 SET-TA
7 SAB-A-A
8 THA-MAN-YA
9 TESS-A-A
10 A-SHA-RA
11 HE-DA-SHAR
12 ETH-NA-SHAR
13 THA-LAT-TA-SHAR
14 AR-BAA-TA-SHAR
15 KHA-MAS-TA-SHAR
etc.
20 E-SH-REEN
21 WAH-ED WE E-SH-REEN
22 ETH-NEIN WE E-SH-REEN
etc.
30 TH-LA-THEEN
40 AR-BE-EEN
50 KHAM-SSEEN
60 SET-TEEN
70 SAB-EEN
80 THA-MA-NEEN
90 TESS-EEN
100 MEY-YEA
101 MEY-YEA WE WAHEN
102 MEY-YEA WE ETHNEIN
110 MEY-YEA WE A-SHA-RA
etc.
200 ME-TEIN
300 THO-LTH-MEY-YA
400 ROB-U-MEY-YA
500 KHO-MSU-MEY-YA
600 SO-TTU-MEY-YA
700 SO-BU-MEY-YA
800 THO-MNU-MEY-YA
900 TO-SSU-MEY-YA
1000 ALF
2000 ALFEIN
3000 THALAT ALAF
4000 ARBAAT ALAF
5000 KHAMSAT ALAF
etc.

ALF SALAMA HABIBI = one thousand good bye my darling!*
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Arabic is written from right to left. You may notice that some letters have slight difference, mainly more or less dots.

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In the name of God

Quoted from Arabic Caligraphy.

Used by Moslems

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God is Love

Quoted from Arabic Caligraphy

Used by Christians

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Merry feast

Quoted from Arabic Caligraphy.

"mery feast" with reflection

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Discuss gently

Quoted from Arabic Caligraphy

A Divine order to the people to discuss or even argue gently and ploitly.

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From the Coptic Museum Collection

Date: 18 century
Provenance:
Material: Plant paper

Description:
Part of darg No. 4144 showing the phrase in the name of God in Arabic and the Patriarch formula authenticated the darg and his seal. Coptic letters: the abbreviation of the name of the patriarch and the Coptic year. The entrance composed of two columns and arch.

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Decipherment of Ancient Egyptian Language

"A French officer of Napoleon’s engineering corps found this stone near the city of Rashîd (Rosetta), Egypt, in 1799. Known as the Rosetta Stone, it provided the key to the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Rosetta Stone, inscribed in 196 bc, contains the same message—a decree praising the Egyptian King Ptolemy V—carved in three different scripts: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian demotic, and Greek. Scholars deciphered the hieroglyphic and demotic versions by comparing them to the Greek translation." [Quoted from MS Encarta]

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    risse73 Apr 17, 2012 at 9:49 PM Report Abuse

    Sayed, Belated Happy Birthday! Hope you enjoyed your special day. Cheers!

  • ednablanco Apr 3, 2012 at 6:19 PM Report Abuse

    Hi, sayed: Hope I get the chance to visit Alex again ! My 7-month study sojourn was indeed informative - academically, historically, culturally. It was a wealth of information!

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    belated Birthday wishes..... hope u had a blast

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    Belated Birthday wishes to you, Sayed.

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    Happy Birthday Syed! God bless you!

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    Hello Sayed..Hope you had a great and happy, happy Birthday! Greetings form the sunny shores of the Aegean Sea. Janet

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    Have a great Birthday! Best wishes, Maysue

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    Happy Birthday Sayed from your friend in California...Egypt will emerge from this period of turmoil a better and happy nation!

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    Hi Sayed Happy Holidays to you and your family.

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    Happy Birthday Sayed! Hope you have a wonderful day and a blessed year!

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