How to Write Numbers in Urdu Words (Lakh, Crore, Arab) with Examples

Writing a number in Urdu words looks simple until you try 67, or 1,25,50,000, or “two and a half lakh”. Urdu counting has a separate, often irregular word for every number up to a hundred, its own scale words for large amounts, and everyday fraction words that English does not have at all.

This guide covers all of it, with tables you can bookmark: counting from 1 to 100, how hundreds, thousands, lakh, crore and arab combine, decimals, fractions, ordinals, and how to write amounts on cheques and documents. To skip the reading and get an answer, use the Number to Urdu Words converter.

Urdu digits and Urdu words are different things

There are two ways to write a number in Urdu:

1. With digits. Urdu has its own digit shapes, ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹, although English digits are also widely used in Urdu text. The Urdu Digits Converter switches between them.
2. In words. ایک ہزار دو سو پچاس for 1,250. Words are used on cheques, in legal documents, in formal letters and when teaching children to count.

Digits are written left to right even inside Urdu text: 2026 is ۲۰۲۶, never ۶۲۰۲.

Counting from 1 to 100

Every number from 1 to 100 has its own word. Many are contractions: 27 (ستائیس) is not “twenty seven” but a fused word, and the numbers ending in 9 (29, 39, 49…) are formed as “one less than” the next ten: انتیس، انتالیس، انچاس. Even native speakers sometimes pause over the 60s and 70s.

No.	Urdu	Roman	No.	Urdu	Roman
1	ایک	ek	26	چھبیس	chhabbees
2	دو	do	27	ستائیس	sattaees
3	تین	teen	28	اٹھائیس	atthaees
4	چار	chaar	29	انتیس	untees
5	پانچ	paanch	30	تیس	tees
6	چھ	chhe	31	اکتیس	ikattees
7	سات	saat	32	بتیس	battees
8	آٹھ	aath	33	تینتیس	taintees
9	نو	nau	34	چونتیس	chauntees
10	دس	das	35	پینتیس	paintees
11	گیارہ	gyarah	36	چھتیس	chhattees
12	بارہ	barah	37	سینتیس	saintees
13	تیرہ	terah	38	اڑتیس	artees
14	چودہ	chaudah	39	انتالیس	untalees
15	پندرہ	pandrah	40	چالیس	chalees
16	سولہ	solah	41	اکتالیس	iktalees
17	سترہ	satrah	42	بیالیس	bayalees
18	اٹھارہ	atharah	43	تینتالیس	taintalees
19	انیس	unees	44	چوالیس	chawalees
20	بیس	bees	45	پینتالیس	paintalees
21	اکیس	ikkees	46	چھیالیس	chhiyalees
22	بائیس	baees	47	سینتالیس	saintalees
23	تئیس	teyees	48	اڑتالیس	artalees
24	چوبیس	chaubees	49	انچاس	unchaas
25	پچیس	pachchees	50	پچاس	pachaas

No.	Urdu	Roman	No.	Urdu	Roman
51	اکیاون	ikyavan	76	چھہتر	chhihattar
52	باون	baavan	77	ستتر	satattar
53	ترپن	tirpan	78	اٹھہتر	athattar
54	چون	chauvan	79	اناسی	unasi
55	پچپن	pachpan	80	اسی	assi
56	چھپن	chhappan	81	اکیاسی	ikyasi
57	ستاون	sattavan	82	بیاسی	bayasi
58	اٹھاون	atthavan	83	تراسی	tirasi
59	انسٹھ	unsath	84	چوراسی	chaurasi
60	ساٹھ	saath	85	پچاسی	pachasi
61	اکسٹھ	iksath	86	چھیاسی	chhiyasi
62	باسٹھ	baasath	87	ستاسی	sattasi
63	ترسٹھ	tirsath	88	اٹھاسی	atthasi
64	چونسٹھ	chausath	89	نواسی	navasi
65	پینسٹھ	painsath	90	نوے	nabbe
66	چھیاسٹھ	chhiyasath	91	اکانوے	ikyanave
67	سڑسٹھ	sarsath	92	بانوے	banave
68	اڑسٹھ	arsath	93	ترانوے	tiranave
69	انہتر	unhattar	94	چورانوے	chauranave
70	ستر	sattar	95	پچانوے	pachanave
71	اکہتر	ikhattar	96	چھیانوے	chhiyanave
72	بہتر	bahattar	97	ستانوے	sattanave
73	تہتر	tihattar	98	اٹھانوے	atthanave
74	چوہتر	chauhattar	99	ننانوے	ninyanave
75	پچھتر	pachhattar	100	ایک سو	ek sau

A few patterns help you remember:

• -یس ends most numbers from 21 to 29 and 31 to 39 (اکیس، بائیس… اکتیس، بتیس).
• -الیس ends 41 to 48 (اکتالیس… اڑتالیس).
• -ون / -پن mark the 50s (اکیاون، باون، ترپن).
• -سٹھ marks the 60s (اکسٹھ… اڑسٹھ), -تر the 70s, -اسی the 80s and -انوے the 90s.
• ان- at the start means “one less than”: انیس (19), انتیس (29), انسٹھ (59), اناسی (79). The exceptions are 89 (نواسی) and 99 (ننانوے).

Hundreds and thousands

Hundreds are formed with سو (sau): ایک سو (100), دو سو (200), نو سو (900). Add the remainder after it: 365 is تین سو پینسٹھ.

Thousands use ہزار (hazar), and the count in front can go up to 99: پچیس ہزار (25,000), ننانوے ہزار (99,000).

In speech, numbers such as 1,500 are often said as پندرہ سو (“fifteen hundred”). In writing, especially on cheques and contracts, the full form ایک ہزار پانچ سو is clearer and preferred.

Lakh, crore, arab and kharab

Above 99,999, Pakistan uses the South Asian scale:

Scale	Value	Written with commas	Urdu
Hazar	one thousand	1,000	ہزار
Lakh	one hundred thousand	1,00,000	لاکھ
Crore	ten million	1,00,00,000	کروڑ
Arab	one billion	1,00,00,00,000	ارب
Kharab	one hundred billion	1,00,00,00,00,000	کھرب

Notice the commas: after the first three digits from the right, they come every two digits. Each comma marks a new scale word, which makes reading easy once you are used to it. Split the number at the commas and read each group with its scale:

12,50,000 → 12 lakh, 50 thousand → بارہ لاکھ پچاس ہزار

3,45,67,890 → 3 crore, 45 lakh, 67 thousand, 8 hundred, 90 → تین کروڑ پینتالیس لاکھ سڑسٹھ ہزار آٹھ سو نوے

2,50,00,00,000 → 2 arab, 50 crore → دو ارب پچاس کروڑ

Converting from international figures: 1 million = 10 lakh, 10 million = 1 crore, 1 billion = 1 arab = 100 crore.

Decimals and negative numbers

Read the whole number normally, say اعشاریہ (ashariya, “point”), then read each digit after the point one at a time:

• 12.5 → بارہ اعشاریہ پانچ
• 3.14 → تین اعشاریہ ایک چار
• 0.05 → صفر اعشاریہ صفر پانچ

For negative numbers, put منفی (manfi) in front: −40 is منفی چالیس.

Everyday fractions: ڈیڑھ، ڈھائی، سوا، ساڑھے، پونے

Urdu has special words for common fractions that are used constantly in prices, times and measurements:

Word	Meaning	Example	Value
آدھا	half	آدھا کلو	½
پاؤ	quarter	پاؤ کلو	¼
پون	three quarters	پون گھنٹہ	¾
ڈیڑھ	one and a half	ڈیڑھ سو	1½ (150)
ڈھائی	two and a half	ڈھائی لاکھ	2½ (2,50,000)
سوا	plus a quarter	سوا تین	3¼
ساڑھے	plus a half (3 and up)	ساڑھے چار	4½
پونے	minus a quarter	پونے پانچ	4¾

These combine with scale words too: ساڑھے تین لاکھ is 3,50,000 and سوا کروڑ is 1,25,00,000. For 1½ and 2½, always use ڈیڑھ and ڈھائی, never ساڑھے ایک or ساڑھے دو. The same words tell the time: ڈیڑھ بجے is half past one.

Ordinals: first, second, third

English	Urdu		English	Urdu
1st	پہلا		6th	چھٹا
2nd	دوسرا		7th	ساتواں
3rd	تیسرا		8th	آٹھواں
4th	چوتھا		9th	نواں
5th	پانچواں		10th	دسواں

From the fifth onwards, ordinals add واں (masculine) or ویں (feminine) to the number: بیسواں (20th), سوویں سالگرہ (100th anniversary). Ordinals agree with the noun: پہلا دن (first day) but پہلی بار (first time).

Writing amounts on cheques and documents

For money, add روپے (rupees) and, if needed, پیسے (paisa):

• 25,000 → پچیس ہزار روپے
• 1 → ایک روپیہ (singular)
• 1,250.50 → ایک ہزار دو سو پچاس روپے اور پچاس پیسے

Good practice for cheques, receipts and agreements:

1. Write the full form. ایک ہزار پانچ سو, not پندرہ سو; ایک سو, not just سو.
2. Avoid fraction words such as ڈھائی and ساڑھے in legal amounts. Write دو لاکھ پچاس ہزار.
3. Match the figure and the words exactly, including paisa.
4. Follow your bank’s rules. Many Pakistani banks expect the amount in words in English; Urdu is commonly used on receipts, stamp papers and agreements.

The Number to Urdu Words converter has an “Amount in rupees” mode that applies these rules automatically and gives Roman Urdu as well.

Common mistakes to avoid

Mistake	Correct
ستاسٹھ for 67	سڑسٹھ
ساڑھے ایک for 1½	ڈیڑھ
12,500,000 written for twelve and a half lakh	12,50,000
“Ten lakh” written as ایک ملین in Urdu text	دس لاکھ
Reversed digits such as ۶۲۰۲ for 2026	۲۰۲۶

With the table above and the scale words, you can write any number Pakistan is ever likely to need, or let the converter do it and copy the result.