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In our previous post where we share who invented zero and then we thought we only know a few languages where we know it refers to zero. So why not collect the term zero in all languages. what is zero called in your native language. We would appreciate if you could provide the native language name and how u spell zero.
| Cifra | Spain |
| Cyfra | Polish |
| Shunya | Sanskrit |
| Meithen | Greek |
| Sifr | Pushtoo |
| Siffra | Swedish |
| Sonne | Kannada |
| Zero | French |
| Ziffer | German |
| Nula | Czech |
| Babu | Hausa |
Please post in the comments below and we will add it in the post.
Babu in hausa languege
“Siffra” is not zero in swedish >.>
@sagir:
Thanks for the info, we will update the post.
@Cybran:
What is it called in Swedish then, please let us know..
Thanks.
It is called “noll” in Swedish, which is my native language.
I happen to know that it is “Null” in German.
Agreed, Null in German
BTW, Ziffer means “Digit”
Kosong in bahasa malaysia
Sifar in Bahasa Malaysia as well.
“SIFFER” called in urdu Language.
Nula in serbian, bosnian and croatian
“Nula” also in czech and slovak
“Nula” in Bulgarian too
in Bulgarian is pronounced [ nula ] and we write it: нула
Cifra in spanish is not Zero, the most common word is Cero for the english word Zero.
Cifra is like “cipher” or “cypher”
‘Nul’ in Dutch
In Farsi (Persian), it is spelled “صفر” and is pronounced “/sefr/”
I am South African but live in Australia now. In South Africa we say “nul” and in Australia it is “zero”
Nol in Indonesian Language
Shoonya or Shunya in Hindi
“sunna” in Telugu
“Shunya” in Hindi
Ničla and nula in Slovene. The french expression zero has the accute accent, zéro.
It’s Null in German – not Ziffer.
Cero in spanish
once again: “Nula” in Slovak
Sefr in Persian
“SIFIR” in Turkish.
Null in Estonian
“Nulla” in hungarian
It is called SUFURI in swahili and KIBUGU in gikuyu Languages of Kenya
sifr in Arabic which is the origin of the word and who invented it.
nope, Indians invented the zero!
“Ling” in Chinese.
“Rei” in Japanese.
in Dari language its called Seefer for zero
For ’0′, in Malay language it is KOSAM.
The Norwegian word is “null”. (Also, the Swedish one is “noll”, the Danish is “nul” and the Icelandic is “núll”.)
In Hebrew you spell אפס, or Efes
In Polish 0 is zero, while Cyfra=digit
Sıfır in Turkish
In Korean = “young” (영) or “kong” (공)
Also in English, some people say “oh” instead of zero when giving addresses or phone numbers.
In the Caribbean, some people still refer to zeros as ‘naughts’, as in ‘nothings’.
Zero in Latin is ciphra.
In Philippines zero is siro.
I think you are confusing the words “digit” and “zero” in this article.
The term “Ziffer” (German) in your list is shown in Wikipedia as “Zahlzeichen”, which in English translates to digits and is explained as: “A digit is a type of symbol … to represent numbers”. This is totally different from “zero” (or “Null” in German) which means only the number with specific value=0. Zero is a digit, but not all digits are zero.
I think most of the words listed in your original article represent the word “digit” (or “Ziffer” in German) which is the generic term for any number, while most of the comments give you the answer to your question, ie. what is the word for zero in any given language … cero in Spanish, rei in Japanese, Null in German, etc…
It’s “Null” in German, not “Ziffer”. Ziffer = digit (math.)
-7+17-10=Nolla (in Finnish)
“Zewo” in Haitian Creole.
Sifr in urdu
Shunne in hindi
Cifra is not zero in spanish. It is called “cero”.
Ziffer is not zero in german. It is called “Null” with capital N.
@Admin, sagir posting/comment was incomplete for me to see what he had to say..but Babu is not Zero in Hausa. “Sihiri” is zero in Hausa. Babu meaning “no”, eg if you were ask if the utility mains is available and the answer is no, I will responde with “babu”
Sefr in Farsi. It’s written:
صفر
its Sifr in Urdu as well… and written exactly like Persian
صفر
“Sunnya” also in Hindi.
Poojyam in Malyalam..
Poojjiyam is in tamil.
There are many errors here.
The word “zero” (English) is:
“noll” in Swedish
“Null” in German
“nul” in Dutch
“nolla” in Finnish
“null” in Estonian
“nul” in Danish
“núll” in Icelandic
“null” in Faroese
“nulo” in Esperanto
“null” in Norwegian (both languages – Nynorsk & Bokmål)
“nul” in Russian
“nula” in Czech
“nulis” in Lithuanian
“nulle” in Latvian
“nula” in Bosnian
“nula” in Serbian
“nula” in Croatian
“nula” in Montenegrin
“nula” in Slovak
“nulti” in Macedonian
“nic” in Slovene
“nihil” in Latin
“zero” in Polish
“zero” in Italian
“zero” in English
“zéro” in French
“zero” in Interlingua
“zero” in Amharic
“zero” in Basque
“zero” in Catalan
“cero” in Spanish
“cero” in Galician
“zero” in Portuguese
“miidén” in Greek
“saiva” in Fijian
“kore” in Maori
“sifar” in Arabic
“sifuri” in Swahili
“sifir” in Turkish
“sifir” in Kurdish
“ling” in Chinese (Mandarin)
“zero” or “réi” or “léi” in Japanese
“eber” in Somali”
“soon” in Thai
@ADMIN:
Sorry you are wrong there. Pushto a.k.a Pakhto is a widely spoken language in Pakistan and to surprise you, there is no such word as zero in Pushto.
“Siffer / Sea-fur” is the word for zero in Urdu, the official language of Pakistan.
- Baacha Khan
Can I add something ?
For the Philippines It is called “wala”
Pujiyam in tamil language.
零 in Chinese
Zero is called Nono in dholuo in Kenya
“POOJYAM” (പൂജ്യം) in Malayalam (Kerala – India)
This article must be a joke. How can it have been published without the most basic check? Terrible!
Zero in Danish is “nul”.
its not “ziffer”…. zero is called “null” in german
its Sonne in kannada(Karnataka-India)… and
Shunyam in sanskrit…
“sıfır” in azerbaijani
Sunna in telugu
Zero ==> Tamil word “Pojiyam”
suzhi in Tamil (சுழி). Pronounced as Suli.
It is ‘ 零 ‘ in Chinese, and is pronounced ‘ling’.
siffar is zero in panjabi
Zero India
In Ethiopia “duwa” by afan oromo
Person who invented zero – Chanyakya from india..
Zero in Sanskrit is called Shoonya
Cero latin america
In Nigereria, we yoruba people call it ‘Oodo’
safar in arabic
NOL in bahasa indonesia
Kurac in Bosnian,
pronounced like kooratz