Numbers in Urdu 1 to 100

Numbers in Urdu, or گنتی (ginti), are something most children in Urdu-speaking homes hear every day, from counting rotis to counting stairs. On this page your child can tap any number on the Urdu ginti chart from 1 to 100 and hear it in Urdu and English, or press Count with me to hear 1 to 10, 1 to 20 or all the way to سو (sau, one hundred). The chart above also works as an Urdu counting chart you can print.

Urdu numbers 1 to 10

Zero is صفر (sifr). Urdu digits look like the Arabic ones, but ۴ ۵ ۶ have their own Urdu shapes. In Pakistan, everyday prices, phone numbers and school maths mostly use 1 2 3, while Urdu digits appear in newspapers, books and some primers. Just like in Arabic, numbers are read left to right even inside right-to-left Urdu text.

Urdu numbers 11 to 20

The teens each have their own name: گیارہ (gyārah, 11), بارہ (bārah, 12), تیرہ (terah, 13), چودہ (chaudah, 14), پندرہ (pandrah, 15), سولہ (solah, 16), سترہ (satrah, 17), اٹھارہ (aṭhārah, 18), انیس (unnīs, 19) and بیس (bīs, 20). Notice that 11 to 18 all end in -rah or -ah, which gives children a rhythm to hold on to.

Why Urdu counting to 100 takes time

Unlike English or Arabic, Urdu (like Hindi) has a separate, blended name for almost every number from 1 to 100. You cannot simply say "twenty-one"; you say اکیس (ikkīs). This is why Urdu counting to 100 is usually learned slowly, over the first years of school, and why the tap-to-hear chart is so useful. There are still helpful patterns to point out:

• Each ten has a family ending. The 20s end in -īs (اکیس، بائیس، تئیس), the 30s in -tīs (اکتیس، بتیس), the 40s in -ālīs, the 60s in -saṭh, the 80s in -āsī and the 90s in -ānve.
• Numbers ending in 9 look ahead. 19 is انیس, 29 is انتیس (untīs), 39 is انتالیس: the un- means "one less than" the next ten. 99 is ننانوے (ninānve).
• The tens are anchors. بیس (20), تیس (30), چالیس (40), پچاس (50), ساٹھ (60), ستر (70), اسی (80), نوے (90), سو (100). Learn these first, then fill in between.

Spoken Urdu and Hindi counting are almost the same, so families who know Hindi can use our Hindi ginti page too. Only the script differs.

How to teach Urdu counting at home

1. Count real things. Touch each grape, button or roti as you say ایک، دو، تین.
2. Fingers and toes. Count fingers to دس, then toes to بیس.
3. Stairs and steps. Count steps every day in Urdu. Routine makes it stick.
4. Hide and seek. Count to twenty before you shout آ رہا ہوں! ("I'm coming!").
5. Goli Jar. After each game, tap the jar and count the marbles together.

Use a calendar: each morning, say today's date in Urdu. It is a gentle way to practise numbers up to 31 over a month.

What to expect by age

At 2-3, children say some number words in a row, often skipping a few, which is normal. At 3-4, most count 5 to 10 objects correctly in Urdu. At 4-5, they count to 20 and recognise digits. At 5-6, many count to 50 and use the chart to reach 100. Set your child's age in the grown-up settings and the counting games adjust. For English, try counting 1 to 100, and for Arabic, compare numbers in Arabic. Keep sessions short and shared: under-twos learn counting best with you and real objects.

Counting in two languages

Children in Urdu-speaking homes abroad often count faster in English, because school maths is in English. That is fine. Keep Urdu counting alive in family routines, such as cooking, shopping and games with grandparents, so your child can count comfortably in both.

اردو گنتی ایک سے سو تک

اس صفحے پر بچہ ایک سے سو تک کسی بھی عدد کو چھو کر اسے اردو اور انگریزی میں سن سکتا ہے، یا بٹن دبا کر ہمارے ساتھ گنتی کر سکتا ہے۔

اردو میں تقریباً ہر عدد کا اپنا نام ہے، اس لیے گنتی آہستہ آہستہ یاد ہوتی ہے۔ پہلے دہائیاں یاد کریں: بیس، تیس، چالیس، پچاس۔ پھر درمیان کے عدد۔ روزانہ سیڑھیاں، انگلیاں اور کھلونے گنیں، اور بچے کی ہر کوشش پر شاباش دیں۔

How to use this page at home

Say it, then find it

Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: urdu words on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.

Ten minutes is enough

Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.

Use both languages

Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.