What this converter does
Urdu text can show numbers in two ways: with the familiar English (Western) digits 0–9 or with Urdu digits ۰–۹. Both are correct, and both are used every day in Pakistan. Problems start when you need the other kind. You might be typesetting a newspaper page that uses Urdu digits, or entering an Urdu price list into a website search box that only understands English digits.
Retyping every number by hand is slow, and it is easy to miss one in a long document. This tool finds every digit and swaps it in one pass, in either direction. Letters, punctuation, spaces and line breaks are left exactly where they were.
The digits side by side
| English | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urdu | ۰ | ۱ | ۲ | ۳ | ۴ | ۵ | ۶ | ۷ | ۸ | ۹ |
| Arabic | ٠ | ١ | ٢ | ٣ | ٤ | ٥ | ٦ | ٧ | ٨ | ٩ |
Look closely at 4, 6 and 7: Urdu fonts draw them differently from Arabic fonts. Text that mixes Urdu letters with Arabic digits usually comes from an Arabic keyboard or an Arabic-language PDF. The converter treats Arabic digits as input and always writes proper Urdu digits.
Worked examples
قیمت: 1,250 روپے، رابطہ: 0300-1234567
قیمت: ۱,۲۵۰ روپے، رابطہ: ۰۳۰۰-۱۲۳۴۵۶۷
۱۴ اگست ۱۹۴۷ کو پاکستان وجود میں آیا۔
14 اگست 1947 کو پاکستان وجود میں آیا۔
With Urdu separators turned on, 1,250.75 becomes ۱٬۲۵۰٫۷۵: the thousands comma becomes ٬ and the decimal point becomes ٫.
Where each kind of digit is used
- Urdu digits are traditional in printed Urdu newspapers, books, poetry collections and religious texts. They look most natural next to Nastaliq.
- English digits are standard on Pakistani websites, mobile apps, bank statements, ID numbers and phone numbers, even inside Urdu sentences, because every keyboard can type them.
- Mixed text is common in news reports that quote phone numbers or scores. Many style guides prefer one kind throughout an article, which is where this converter saves time.
Common problems and fixes
Numbers appear in the wrong order
Digits always read left to right, even in Urdu. If a phone number or year looks reversed, the text was probably copied from a PDF in visual order. Run it through Fix Broken Urdu Text and use “Reverse each line”.
Search on my website does not find the numbers
Search engines and databases treat ۲ and 2 as different characters. Convert prices, model numbers and dates to English digits before saving them in a searchable field, and use Urdu digits only for display.
Digits look like Arabic ones
Your font may lack Urdu-specific digit shapes. Use an Urdu font such as Noto Nastaliq Urdu, and make sure the text is marked as Urdu (lang="ur" on websites) so browsers choose the Urdu shapes.
Who uses this tool
- Composers and newspaper staff preparing pages that use Urdu digits throughout.
- Web developers and content editors cleaning Urdu content before storing it in databases.
- Teachers making worksheets that practise both kinds of digits.
- Office staff filling forms and letters that require one consistent style.
When a number has to be spelled out, for example on a cheque, use Number to Urdu Words. Text copied from InPage should go through the InPage to Unicode converter first, and the Urdu word counter counts words and characters in mixed Urdu and English text. The guide how to write numbers in Urdu words covers both digits and number words.
Private by design
The conversion runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded or saved.