ਸਿਫ਼ਰ

Punjabi

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صِفْر (sifr), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr), itself a semantic loan 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
    Synonym: ਸੁੰਨ (sunn)
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