What is the difference between Arabic-Indic and Western digits?

Western digits 0–9 are the forms used in Europe and most of the world. Eastern Arabic-Indic digits ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ are the forms used across much of the Arabic-speaking Mashriq. They represent the same values; only the glyphs differ, which is why a clean one-to-one conversion is possible.

Does it convert Persian and Urdu digits too?

When converting to Western, the tool also recognises the Persian/Urdu digit set (۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹), which differs from the Arabic set for four, five, and six. Pasted text using those forms will still convert correctly to 0–9.

Are letters and punctuation affected?

No. Only the ten digit characters are mapped. Letters, spaces, decimal points, currency symbols, and punctuation pass through untouched, so a full sentence or a formatted price keeps its layout.

Does it handle decimals and separators?

Yes. A decimal point or comma is treated as ordinary punctuation and left in place, so 350.75 converts to ٣٥٠.٧٥ digit-for-digit. If your locale uses the Arabic decimal separator, you can paste it and it will be preserved as well.

No. The mapping runs locally in your browser. Nothing you paste is sent to a server or stored.

Arabic-Indic Numeral Converter

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Switch numeral systems without touching the words

The same number can wear two different sets of glyphs: Western 350 or Eastern Arabic-Indic ٣٥٠. They mean exactly the same thing, but mixing them — or feeding the wrong form into a system that expects the other — causes problems. This tool converts the digits in any block of text in either direction while leaving everything else exactly as it was.

How it works

Each Eastern Arabic-Indic digit has a fixed Unicode code point that lines up one-to-one with a Western digit:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩   (U+0660..U+0669)

The converter walks your text and replaces only those digit characters, in whichever direction you choose. When converting back to Western, it additionally recognises the Persian/Urdu digit block (۰..۹, U+06F0..U+06F9) so text from those languages still maps cleanly. Letters, punctuation, and symbols are never altered.

Tips and notes

Use Western-to-Eastern when preparing copy for an Arabic audience that expects native numerals, and Eastern-to-Western when normalising scraped or pasted Arabic data for a database, spreadsheet, or program that only parses 0–9. Because decimal points and thousands separators are treated as ordinary punctuation, formatted prices and dates round-trip correctly. To spell a number out as Arabic words instead of converting its glyphs, see the Arabic Number to Words tool.