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Where does “sıfır” come from?

sıfır (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish صفر, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

sıfır (Turkish): zero

Definitions

  1. zero

Ancestry of “sıfır”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصفرzero; nought, naught, zero; Safar
2Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
3Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—
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