Learning how to count in Moroccan Arabic is a basic yet very important skill to any Darija language learners, using it you can tell the hour, your age, understand the cost of something or even tell how long you’re staying in a certain place.
So in this post you will learn how to count from 0 to 20 in Moroccan Arabic and then learn how to say numbers until 1 Billion! yes you read it right.

Counting From 0 To 20 In Moroccan Arabic
Number | Transcribed Moroccan Arabic | Using Arabic Alphabet |
0 | Zero/Sifr | زيرو/صفر |
1 | Wa7ed | واحد |
2 | Juj | جوج |
3 | Tlata | تلاتة |
4 | Rb3a | ربعة |
5 | Khmsa | خمسة |
6 | Setta | ستة |
7 | Sb3a | سبعة |
8 | Tmanya | تمنية |
9 | Ts3a | تسعة |
10 | 3eshra | عشرة |
11 | 7dash | حداش |
12 | Tnash | طناش |
13 | Tlattash | تلطاش |
14 | Rba3tash | ربعطاش |
15 | Khmastash | خمسطاش |
16 | Settash | سطاش |
17 | Sb3tash | سبعطاش |
18 | Tmantash | تمنطاش |
19 | Ts3tash | تسعطاش |
20 | 3eshrin | عشرين |

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Counting Objects and People In Darija
To count anything in Moroccan Arabic, we use this simple formula:
Number + dyal/d (ديال/د) + definete plural noun
(“d” is a short form of “dyal” meaning “of”)
So, 2 girls would be:
Juj dyal lbnat (جوج ديال لبنات) Bnat is the plural of Bnt, and L is the definite article here.
There is an exception with the number 2 that you can simply say “2 bnat” without “dyal/d”, but remember, only with the number 2.
3 girls: tlata dyal lbnat
Try to count girls from 1 girl to 20, that would be weird but anyway lol
PLEASE NOTE: I don’t want you to think a lot about difinite/indifinite articles, plural forms, feminine/masculine nouns or any grammar rule for now, just try to follow the instructions to acquire the language in a better way.
Double Digits
As we talked about in The Beginner’s Guide To Moroccan Arabic , (which I highly recommend that you read), 21 is wa7ed w3shrin literally “one and twenty”, 23 is tlata w3shrin, 24 is rb3a w3shrin, cool! but there is an exception with the number 2 here again: for 22 we don’t say “juj w3shrin”, we use tnin instead of juj, so 22 would be tnin w3shrin, same rules apply for 32, 42, 52…
Multiples Of 10
Number | Transcribed Moroccan Arabic | Using Arabic Alphabet |
10 | 3shra | عشرة |
20 | 3shrin | عشرين |
30 | tlatin | تلاتين |
40 | rb3in | ربعين |
50 | 5msin/khmsin | خمسين |
60 | settin | ستين |
70 | sb3in | سبعين |
80 | tmanin | تمانين |
90 | ts3in | تسعين |
Hundreds And Beyond
If you can’t remember them or they are a little hard, add the number to 100 (mya), for example 400 is rb3amya, it’s not 100% correct but people will still understand you, but use the correct form listed below once you get familiar with it deal?
Number | Transcribed Moroccan Arabic | Using Arabic Alphabet |
100 | mya | مية |
200 | mitin | ميتين |
300 | tltmya | تلتمية |
400 | rb3amya | ربعمية |
500 | 5msamya/khmsamya | خمسمية |
600 | settamya | ستمية |
700 | sb3amya | سبعمية |
800 | temnemya | تمنمية |
900 | ts3amya | تسعمية |
Counting From 1000 To 9000
The word 1000 is alf, 2000 is alfin and “thousands” is alaf, so from 3000 you literally say three thousands: tlatalaf, same with the others:
Number | Transcribed Moroccan Arabic | Using Arabic Alphabet |
1000 | alf | ألف |
2000 | alfin | ألفين |
3000 | tlatalaf | تلتالاف |
4000 | rb3alaf | ربعالاف |
5000 | 5msalaf/khmsalaf | خمسالاف |
6000 | settalaf | ستالاف |
7000 | sb3alaf | سبعالاف |
8000 | temnalaf | تمنالاف |
9000 | ts3alaf | تسعالاف |
Let’s see some big numbers:
Number | Transcribed Moroccan Arabic | Using Arabic Alphabet |
10.000 | 3eshralaf | عشرآلاف |
20.000 | 3shrin alf | عشرين ألف |
30.000 | tlatin alf | تلاتين ألف |
40.000 | rb3in alf | ربعين ألف |
100.000 | myat alf | مية ألف |
200.000 | mitin alf | ميتين ألف |
500.000 | 5msmyat alf | خمسمية ألف |
1.000.000 | melion | مليون |
2.000.000 | juj melion | جوج مليون |
1.000.000.000 | meliar | مليار |
5682 | khemsalaf w settemya w tnin w tmanin | خمسالاف و ستمية و تنين و تمانين |
2022 | alfin wtnin w3shrin | ألفين و تنين و عشرين |
Feel free to repeat and try to say random numbers in Darija.
Continue learning Moroccan Arabic with us here.
Happy learning!