Malayalam numerals
Malayalam numerals are the numeral system of the Malayalam script used by Malayalam in Kerala. It is one of several Indian numeral systems. This system is archaic and nowadays the Hindu–Arabic numeral system is used commonly. However it is still found in many documents of cultural or historical importance.
Base numbers
Below is a list of Malayalam numerals with their Hindu–Arabic equivalents as well as their respective Malayalam translations and transliterations.| Malayalam numeral | Hindu–Arabic numeral | Malayalam word | Romanization of Malayalam | IPA |
| ൦ | 0 | പൂജ്യം | pūjyaṁ | |
| ൧ | 1 | ഒന്ന് | onnŭ | |
| ൨ | 2 | രണ്ട് | raṇḍŭ | |
| ൩ | 3 | മൂന്ന് | mūnnŭ | |
| ൪ | 4 | നാല് | nālŭ | |
| ൫ | 5 | അഞ്ച് | añjŭ | |
| ൬ | 6 | ആറ് | āṟŭ | |
| ൭ | 7 | ഏഴ് | ēḻŭ | |
| ൮ | 8 | എട്ട് | eṭṭŭ | |
| ൯ | 9 | ഒമ്പത് | ombadŭ | |
| ൰/൧൦ | 10 | പത്ത് | pattŭ | |
| ൱/൧൦൦ | 100 | നൂറ് | nūṟŭ | |
| ൲/൧൦൦൦ | 1000 | ആയിരം | āyiraṁ | |
| ൳ | കാൽ | kāl | ||
| ൴ | അര | ara | ||
| ൵ | മുക്കാൽ | mukkāl | ||
| ൷ | അരക്കാൽ | arakkāl |
Originally, a number like "11" would have been written as "൰൧" and not "൧൧" to match the Malayalam word for 11 and "10,00,000" as "൰൱൲" similar to the Tamil numeral system. Later on this system got reformed to be more similar to the Hindu–Arabic numerals so 10,00,000 in the reformed numerals it would be ൧൦൦൦൦൦൦.
Old system
Suppose the number is "2013". It is read in Malayalam as "രണ്ടായിരത്തി പതിമൂന്ന്". It is split into:- രണ്ട് : 2 - ൨
- ആയിരം : 1000 - ൲
- പത്ത് : 10 - ൰
- മൂന്ന് : 3 - ൩