Arabic

Numeral

وَاحِد • ‎(wāḥid) m ‎(feminine وَاحِدَة ‎(wāḥida))

1. (cardinal) one

   Eastern Arabic numeral: ١ ‎(1)

   وَلِد وَاحِد‎ ― walid wāḥid ― one boy

   فَتَاة وَاحِدَة‎ ― fatāh wāḥida ― one girl (normally pronounced "fatāt")

Declension

Usage notes

• Numbers "one" and "two" follow the gender of the related word.
• Numbers "one" and "two" are optional, since nouns have singular (one), dual (two) and plural forms.

Coordinate terms

• Last: صِفْر ‎(ṣifr) (or ٠ = 0)
• Next: اِثْنَان ‎(iṯnān) (or ٢ = 2)

Related terms

• أَحَد ‎(ʾaḥad), إِحْدَى ‎(ʾiḥdā)

Adjective

وَاحِد • ‎(wāḥid) ‎(feminine وَاحِدَة ‎(wāḥida), masculine plural وَاحِدُون ‎(wāḥidūn) or وُحْدَان ‎(wuḥdān) or أُحْدَان ‎(ʾuḥdān))

1. single
2. unique, incomparable
3. a certain

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “واحد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “وحد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Pronoun

وَاحِد • ‎(wāḥid) m ‎(feminine وَاحِدَة ‎(wāḥida))

1. someone

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “وحد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Egyptian Arabic

Numeral

واحد • ‎(ˈwɛːħɪd) m (واحدة f ‎(ˈwæħdæ))

1. (cardinal) one

   Eastern Arabic numeral: ١

Coordinate terms

• Last: صفر (or ٠ = 0)
• Next: اتنين (or ٢ = 2)

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic وَاحِد ‎(wāḥid).

Alternative forms

• Ahad
• ahad
• wahid
• احد

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /wahet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /wahɪt/
• Rhymes: -ahet, -het, -et

Numeral

واحد ‎(Rumi spelling wahid)

1. Alternative form of احد