مئة

Etymology
From. The frequent form has a silent alif to avoid confusion with other words in rasm (else it could look identical to ), and because it is a logogram of earlier  spellings.

Numeral

 * 1) hundred

Usage notes
The word is an inherently feminine noun. The gender is visible in constructions like three hundred (see above), where the masculine appears, which is used with feminine nouns (the numbers 3–10 exhibit the polarity of gender in Arabic). The plural of is the same as the singular when used with the numbers 3 through 9, which normally govern a noun in the genitive plural (cf., with plural ). The plural occurs only when used to mean hundreds, i.e. an unspecified large number.