sifar

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay صفر (sifar, “zero”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr). Doublet of Safar, sifar, and zero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.far/
• Rhymes: -far
• Hyphenation: si‧far

Numeral

sifar

1. zero: the cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Noun

sifar (first-person possessive sifarku, second-person possessive sifarmu, third-person possessive sifarnya)

1. zero
   1. the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
   2. the digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
   3. nothing, or none.
   4. the value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

Further reading

• “sifar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Malay numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e]	10  → [a], [b], [c], [d]
Cardinal: (colloquial) kosong, (formal) sifar, nol, nihil

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

sifar (Jawi spelling صفر)

1. (formal) zero

   Synonyms: kosong (colloquial), nol (mainly Indonesian and Netherland), nihil

Descendants

• Indonesian: sifar