Substantial confusion can exist when it comes to the numbering system as used in Pakistan and other South Asian countries, and the one that is used internationally. It is not surprising that such a difference exists, because this was the region where the modern numbering system originated and then spread through the Middle East to Europe, with variations emerging along the way.
However, this can be particularly irksome for the investors or buyers trying to convert one numbering system into another one. How much is a crore? How much is a 100 million? How much is 1,000,000? This can be doubly confusing for people, particularly overseas Pakistanis, who will have to convert a foreign currency into Pakistani Rupees and, at the same time, perform this conversion too. To assist you with the process, here’s a table on how you can convert Pakistani currency values into International values, along with the numerals as well.
| English | Urdu | Numbers |
| One | Ek | 1 |
| Ten | Das | 10 |
| One hundred | Sau | 100 |
| One thousand | Hazar | 1,000 |
| Ten thousand | Das hazar | 10,000 |
| One hundred thousand | Ek lakh | 100,000 |
| One million | Das lakh | 1,000,000 |
| Ten million | Ek crore | 10,000,000 |
| One hundred million | Das crore | 100,000,000 |
| One billion | Arab | 1,000,000,000 |
| Ten billion | Das arab | 10,000,000,000 |
| One hundred billion | Kharab | 100,000,000,000 |
| One trillion | Das kharab | 1,000,000,000,000 |
Now, whenever you need to convert English numbers into Urdu ones, you don’t have to summon your inner mathematician to arrange them in your head and count all the way to a trillion to find out that 20 million is 2 crore; that 500,000 translates to five lakh (or five hundred thousand) , and that 30 croreequals 300 million in words or 300,000,000 in numbers.
This can be better understood if we look at it from the perspective of prices of property since that is where the problem generally arises: Take an example of a house that costs 2 crore and 55 lakh Pakistani Rupees (PKR). Translated into English, this will be PKR 25.5 million; and in numerals, it will be PKR 25,500,000.
Consider another plot that costs PKR 3,500,000. Converted into the English numeral system, it will be 3.5 million; converted into Urdu, it will be PKR 35 lakh.
Finally, an apartment that costs PKR 5.7 million when converted in Urdu will amount to PKR 57 lakh and when converted into numerals will be PKR 5,700,000.
Another helpful way to understand all this will be the placement of separators (usually a comma). In the International numbering system, the separators are placed after every three digits from the right, and so the names of the numbers change after a thousand. For example, a million is thousand thousand; a billion is a thousand million, and a trillion is a thousand billion.
In the Urdu numbering system, the separators occur after every two digits. So, a thousand is hazar; a hundred hazar is a lakh; a hundred lakh a crore; and, a hundred crore is arab.
While we have given tables and examples above, Zameen.com makes it incredibly easy for you to convert numbers. In fact, you don’t even have to make the effort, as Zameen.com itself translates the given price from numbers into their English and Urdu terminologies.
Not only that, it also gives you the price in several foreign currencies too, including Brazilian Reals, Canadian Dollars, Euro, Kuwaiti Dinars, Qatari Riyals, Saudi Riyals, Turkish Liras, UAE Dirhams, Great Britain Pounds Sterling and US Dollars. All you have to do is take your cursor onto the price as shown in the image below for Lahore’s property listings:
So, if you are looking to convert prices of property, Zameen.com has you covered! Do you have any questions about this piece? You can talk to us in the comments section. You can also head to the Zameen Forum for a detailed discussion.
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