صفر

Arabic

Etymology 1

ص ف ر (IPA: /sˁ-f-r/) (Other: ṣ-f-r)

Proper noun

صَفَرٌ • (ṣáfar) m

1. Safar, the second of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon. Safar (in a specific sense) means "void" in Arabic, supposedly because pagan Arabs looted during this month and left the houses empty.

See also

• (month): Previous: محرم. Next: ربيع الأول
• شباط
• فبراير

Verb

صَفِرَ • (ṣáfira) perfect — Verb form I

1. to be empty, to be devoid, to be vacant

صَفَّرَ • (ṣáffara) perfect — Verb form II

1. to empty, to void, to vacate, to evacuate, to free

Numeral

صِفر (ṣifr) m

1. (cardinal) zero

   Eastern Arabic numeral: ٠

   • Next: واحد (or ١ = 1)

Descendants

• English: cipher
• French: chiffre
• Italian: cifra
• Malay: sifar
• Polish: cyfra
• Serbo-Croatian: cifra
• Spanish: cifra
• Turkish: sıfır
• Swedish: siffra

Adjective

صفر • (ṣafr, ṣifr, ṣáfir, ṣufur) m, plural أصفار (ʾaṣfār)‎

1. empty, void, devoid, free from

Etymology 2

ص ف ر (IPA: /sˁ-f-r/) (Other: ṣ-f-r)

Verb

صَفَّرَ • (ṣáffara) perfect — Verb form II

1. to dye yellow, to make yellow, to color yellow

Noun

صُفْر‎ • (ṣufr) m

1. brass
2. money

صَفَر‎ • (ṣáfar) m

1. (medicine) jaundice

Adjective

صُفْر (ṣufr) pl

1. yellow, pale, pallid, wan (Plural form of أَصْفَر)

Etymology 3

ص ف ر (IPA: /sˁ-f-r/) (Other: ṣ-f-r)

Verb

صَفَرَ • (ṣáfara) perfect — Verb form I

1. to whistle
2. to hiss
3. to chirp, to stridulate
4. to scream (of a siren)

صَفَّرَ • (ṣáffara) perfect — Verb form II

1. to whistle
2. to hiss
3. to chirp, to stridulate
4. to scream (of a siren)

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Malay

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَفَرٌ (ṣáfar).

Alternative forms

• Safar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /safa(r)/
• Rhymes: -fa(r), -a(r)

Proper noun

صفر (Rumi spelling Safar)

1. Safar (the second month of the Islamic calendar)

Synonyms

• bulan nahas / بولن ناهس

See also

• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharam, Safar, Rabiulawal, Rabiulakhir, Jamadilawal, Jamadilakhir, Rejab, Syaaban, Ramadan, Syawal, Zulkaedah, Zulhijah ^{(Category: ms:Islamic months)}

Etymology 2

Malay cardinal numbers

	٠	١  >
Cardinal : صفر

From Arabic صِفر (ṣifr).

Alternative forms

• sifar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sifa(r)/
• Rhymes: -ifa(r), -fa(r), -a(r)

Numeral

صفر (Rumi spelling sifar)

1. (cardinal) zero

Synonyms

• kosong / کوسوڠ
• nol / نول
• nihil / نيهيل

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic صِفر.

Numeral

صفر (sıfır)

1. (cardinal) zero (0)

   Next number: بر (bir) (1)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صِفر.

Noun

صفر (sıfır)

1. nought
2. naught
3. zero

Etymology 3

From Arabic صَفَرٌ.

Noun

صفر (safer)

1. Safar

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Pashto

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَفَرٌ

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saˈfar/

Proper noun

صفر (safar) f

1. Safar

Alternative forms

• سپره

Etymology 2

From Arabic صِفر.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsifər/

Noun

صفر • (sifër) m

1. nought
2. naught
3. zero

Numeral

صفر (sifër)

1. (cardinal) zero

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَفَرٌ

Proper noun

صفر (safar)

1. Safar

Etymology 2

From Arabic صِفر.

Noun

صفر (sefr)

1. nought
2. naught
3. zero

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Persian صفر, from Arabic صَفَرٌ.

Proper noun

صفر (safar)

1. Safar

Etymology 2

From Persian صفر, from Arabic صِفر.

Noun

صفر • (sifr) m

1. zero
2. cipher
3. dot
4. nought
5. naught