सिफ़र

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صفر (sifr), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, zero; empty, void), itself a calque of Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya). Cognate of Punjabi ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifar) and English zero.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɪ.fəɾ/, , /sɪ.pʰəɾ/,

Numeral

सिफ़र (sifarm (Urdu spelling صفر) (cardinal)

  1. (uncommon) zero
    Synonym: (more common) शून्य (śūnya)

References

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “सिफ़र”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “sifr”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press