Arthur Cornwallis Madan's Swahili-English Dictionary (1902–3) has different words as "zero": si kitu (“zero”), sifuru (“zero (the cipher)”) (from the Arabic word for brass), mwanzo (“zero (starting-point”), mwisho (“zero (lowest stage)”). - -sche (discuss) 19:38, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]