ألفان

Arabic

Numeral

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←  1,000	٢٬٠٠٠ 2,000	1,000,000 (106)  → [a], [b]
	200
Cardinal: أَلْفَان (ʔalfān)

أَلْفَان • (ʔalfān) m du (oblique أَلْفَيْن (ʔalfayn))

1. two thousand
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:66:

     وَإِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أَلْفٌ يَغْلِبُوا أَلْفَيْنِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ

     wa-ʔin yakun minkum ʔalfun yaḡlibū ʔalfayni bi-ʔiḏni lahi

     And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah.

Declension

Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْفَيْن ʔalfayn	الْأَلْفَيْن al-ʔalfayn	أَلْفَيْ ʔalfay
Nominative	أَلْفَانِ ʔalfāni	الْأَلْفَانِ al-ʔalfāni	أَلْفَا ʔalfā
Accusative	أَلْفَيْنِ ʔalfayni	الْأَلْفَيْنِ al-ʔalfayni	أَلْفَيْ ʔalfay
Genitive	أَلْفَيْنِ ʔalfayni	الْأَلْفَيْنِ al-ʔalfayni	أَلْفَيْ ʔalfay

Declension of noun أَلْفَان (ʔalfān)

Descendants

• Maltese: elfejn
• Moroccan Arabic: ألفين (ʔalfayn, ʔalfīn)