Wadannan lambobin sun samo asali ne daga Indiya kuma an gabatar da su zuwa kasashen yamma a shekarun Larabawa a lokacin shekaru daban-daban. Yanzu ana amfani dasu a ko'ina cikin duniya a cikin ilimin lissafi da ilimin kimiyya, da kuma a rayuwar yau da kullun don wakiltar lambobi. Lambobin Larabci sun bambanta da sauran lambobi masu ƙididdigar kamar lambobin Roman, waɗanda ke amfani da alamun daban-daban don wakiltar lambobi.