مئة

Concepts

hundred

Synonyms

مائة

Translations

hundert

100

cien

100

honderd

100

yüz

100

centum

einhundert

100

εκατό

cent

100

cent

100

cem

ciento

100

sed

100

cento

100

εκατόν

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mi.ʔa/

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *miʔat-.
The frequent form مِا۟ئَة (miʔa) has a silent alif to avoid confusion with other words in rasm (else it could look identical to مِنْهُ (min-hu, “from it, from him”)), and because it is a logogram of earlier Aramaic spellings.