सिफ़र

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.fɐɾ], /sɪ.pʰəɾ/, [sɪ.pʰɐɾ]

Numeral

सिफ़र • (sifar) m (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
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