ਸਿਫ਼ਰ

Punjabi

Punjabi numbers (edit)
੦
0 		1  →  10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifar)
    Ordinal: ਸਿਫ਼ਰਵਾਂ (sifravā̃)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صِفْر (sifr), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr), itself calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “void, nothingness”). Cognate of Hindi सिफ़र (sifar) and English zero. Compare related ਸੁੰਞ (sũñ) and ਸੁੰਨ (sunn).

Pronunciation

Numeral

ਸਿਫ਼ਰ • (sifar) (Shahmukhi spelling صِفر)

  1. zero
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