सिफ़र

See also: स़िफ़र and सफ़र

Hindi

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Cardinal: शून्य (śūnya), सिफ़र (sifar)     Ordinal: शून्यवाँ (śūnyavā̃)

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) IPA^(key): /sɪ.fəɾ/, [sɪ.fɐɾ], /sɪ.pʰəɾ/, [sɪ.pʰɐɾ]

Numeral

सिफ़र • (sifar) m (Urdu spelling صفر) (cardinal)

1. (uncommon) zero

   Synonym: 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