صفر

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See also: صقر and ص ف ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

In a specific sense, literally means "void" in Arabic, supposedly because pagan Arabs looted during this month and left the houses empty.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

صَفَر (ṣafarm (plural أَصْفَار (ʔaṣfār))

  1. Safar, the second of the twelve months of the Muslim lunar calendar, each beginning with a new moon.
Declension
See also

Etymology 2

From the root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r).

Verb

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

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Etymology 3

Causative of صَفِرَ (ṣafira, to be empty).

Verb

صَفَّرَ (ṣaffara) II (non-past يُصَفِّرُ (yuṣaffiru), verbal noun تَصْفِير (taṣfīr))

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

Etymology 4

From the root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r). Compare صَفِرَ (ṣafira, to be empty).

Adjective

صَفْر or صِفْر or صُفْر or صَفِر or صُفُر (ṣafr or ṣifr or ṣufr or ṣafir or ṣufur) (masculine plural أَصْفَار (ʔaṣfār), elative أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar))

  1. empty, void, devoid, free from
Declension

Etymology 5

Arabic numbers (edit)
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0
1  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: صِفْر (ṣifr)
    Ordinal: صِفْرِيّ (ṣifriyy)

Calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya), also with the original meaning of "empty, void." Compare صَفْر (ṣafr, empty, void) (also صِفْر (ṣifr)).

Pronunciation

Numeral

صِفْر (ṣifrm (plural أَصْفَار (ʔaṣfār))

  1. zero
    Eastern Arabic numeral: ٠ (0)
Descendants

Etymology 6

Causative from the root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r), from which the color or defect adjective أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, yellow) also comes.

Verb

صَفَّرَ (ṣaffara) II (non-past يُصَفِّرُ (yuṣaffiru), verbal noun تَصْفِير (taṣfīr))

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

Etymology 7

Related to أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, yellow), from the root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r).

Noun

صُفْر (ṣufrm

  1. brass
  2. money
Declension

Etymology 8

In its meaning "jaundice", related to أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, yellow), from the root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r).

Noun

صَفَر (ṣafarm

  1. verbal noun of صَفِرَ (ṣafira) (form I)
  2. (medicine) jaundice
Declension

Etymology 9

Inflected form.

Adjective

صُفْر (ṣufrm pl

  1. plural of أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, yellow)

Etymology 10

From the root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r).

Verb

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

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Etymology 11

Presumably, originally an intensive of صَفَرَ (ṣafara, to whistle, hiss, chirp), later losing its intensive sense.

Verb

صَفَّرَ (ṣaffara) II (non-past يُصَفِّرُ (yuṣaffiru), verbal noun تَصْفِير (taṣfīr))

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

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Malay

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

صفر (Rumi spelling Safar)

  1. Safar (the second month of the Islamic calendar)
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : صفر

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Numeral

صفر (Rumi spelling sifar)

  1. zero
Synonyms

Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish cardinal numbers
0 1  > 
    Cardinal : صفر (sıfr)
    Ordinal : صفرنجی (sıfrıncı)

Etymology 1

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr).

Numeral

صفر (sıfr, sıfır)

  1. zero (0)
    Next number: بر (bir) (1)

Noun

صفر (sıfır)

  1. nought, naught, zero

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar).

Noun

صفر (safer)

  1. Safar
Descendants

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar).

Proper noun

صفر (safar)

  1. Safar

Etymology 2

From Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr).

Noun

صفر (sefr)

  1. nought, naught, cipher, zero

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Persian صفر (safar), from Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar).

Proper noun

صفر (safar?

  1. Safar

Etymology 2

From Persian صفر (sefr), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr).

Numeral

صفر (sifarm (Hindi spelling सिफ़र)

  1. zero

Noun

صفر (sifrm

  1. nought, naught, cipher, zero