صفر

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

• IPA^(key): /sˁa.far/

صَفَر • (ṣafar) m

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

• (Islamic calendar months) أَشْهُر التَّقَوِيم الْهِجْرِيّ‎ (ʾašhur at-taqawīm al-hijriyy); اَلْمُحَرَّم‎ (al-muḥarram), صَفَر (ṣafar), رَبِيع الْأَوَّل‎ (rabīʿ al-ʾawwal), رَبِيع الْآخِر‎ (rabīʿ al-ʾāḵir), جُمَادَى الْأُولَى‎ (jumādā l-ʾūlā), جُمَادَى الْآخِرَة‎ (jumādā l-ʾāḵira), رَجَب‎ (rajab), شَعْبَان‎ (šaʿbān), رَمَضَان‎ (ramaḍān), شَوَّال‎ (šawwāl), ذُو الْقَعْدَة‎ (ḏū l-qaʿda), ذُو الْحِجَّة‎ (ḏū l-ḥijja) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic months)}
• شُبَاط‎ (šubāṭ)
• فِبْرَايِر‎ (fibrāyir)

From the root ص ف ر‎ (ṣ-f-r).

صَفِرَ • (ṣafira) I, non-past يَصْفَرُ‎‎ (yaṣfaru)

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

Causative of صَفِرَ‎ (ṣafira, “to be empty”).

صَفَّرَ • (ṣaffara) II, non-past يُصَفِّرُ‎‎ (yuṣaffiru)

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

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

صَفْر or صِفْر or صُفْر or صَفِر or صُفُر • (ṣafr or ṣifr or ṣufr or ṣafir or ṣufur) (masculine plural أَصْفَار‎ (ʾaṣfār), elative أَصْفَر‎ (ʾaṣfar))

1. empty, void, devoid, free from

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

• IPA^(key): /sˁifr/

صِفْر • (ṣifr) m (plural أَصْفَار‎ (ʾaṣfār))

1. zero

   Eastern Arabic numeral: ٠‎ (0)

   • Next: واحد‎, or ١‎ = 1

• Azerbaijani: sıfır
• Binisaya: sip
• Kurdish: sifir
• Malay: sifar
• Medieval Latin: zephirum
  • Corsican: zeru
  • Italian: zefiro > zero
    • French: zéro
      • Armenian զրո (zro)
      • English: zero
        • Japanese: ゼロ (zero)
        • Korean: 제로 (jero)
        • Kurdish: zêro
      • Portuguese zero
      • Romanian: zero
    • Maltese: żero
  • Spanish: cero
    • Mapudungun: sero
• Medieval Latin: cifra
  • Esperanto: ĉifro
  • Hungarian: cifra
  • Italian: cifra
  • Old French: cyfre, cyffre
    • Middle English: siphre
      • English: cipher
    • Middle Dutch: cifer, cipher
      • Dutch: cijfer
    • Middle High German: zifer
      • German: Ziffer
    • French: chiffre
      • German: Chiffre
        • Czech: šifra, cifra
      • Polish: szyfr
      • Serbo-Croatian: šȉfra/ши̏фра, cȉfra/ци̏фра
      • Russian: шифр (šifr)
  • Polish: cyfra
  • Spanish: cifra
  • Swedish: siffra
  • Russian: ци́фра (cífra)
• Ottoman Turkish: صفر‎ (sıfır)
  • Turkish: sıfır
  • Armenian: սըֆըր (səfər)
• Persian: صفر‎ (sefr)
  • Hindi: सिफ़र (sifar)
  • Punjabi: ਸਿਫ਼ਰ (sifr)
  • Urdu: صفر‎ (sifr)
• Swahili: sifuri

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

صَفَّرَ • (ṣaffara) II, non-past يُصَفِّرُ‎‎ (yuṣaffiru)

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

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

صُفْر • (ṣufr) m

1. brass
2. money

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

صَفَر • (ṣafar) m

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

Inflected form.

صُفْر • (ṣufr) m pl

1. plural of أَصْفَر‎ (ʾaṣfar, “yellow”)

From the root ص ف ر‎ (ṣ-f-r).

صَفَرَ • (ṣafara) I, non-past يَصْفِرُ‎‎ (yaṣfiru)

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

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

صَفَّرَ • (ṣaffara) II, non-past يُصَفِّرُ‎‎ (yuṣaffiru)

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

From Arabic صَفَر‎ (ṣafar).

• Safar

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

صفر (Rumi spelling Safar‎)

1. Safar (the second month of the Islamic calendar)

• bulan nahas / بولن ناهس‎

• (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharam, Safar, Rabiulawal, Rabiulakhir, Jamadilawal, Jamadilakhir, Rejab, Syaaban, Ramadan, Syawal, Zulkaedah, Zulhijah ^{(Category: ms:Islamic months)}

From Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr).

• sifar

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

صفر (Rumi spelling sifar‎)

1. zero

• kosong / کوسوڠ‎
• nol / نول‎
• nihil / نيهيل‎

From Arabic صِفر‎.

صفر • (sıfır)

1. zero (0)

   Next number: بر‎ (bir) (1)

From Arabic صِفر‎.

صفر • (sıfır)

1. nought
2. naught
3. zero

From Arabic صَفَر‎ (ṣafar).

صفر • (safer)

1. Safar

From Arabic صَفَر‎ (ṣafar)

صفر • (safar)

1. Safar

From Arabic صِفر‎.

صفر • (sefr)

1. nought
2. naught
3. zero

From Persian صفر‎, from Arabic صَفَر‎ (ṣafar).

صفر • (safar) ?

1. Safar

From Persian صفر‎, from Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr).

صفر • (sifar), Hindi spelling: सिफ़र (sifar)

1. zero

صفر • (sifr) m

1. zero
2. cipher
3. dot
4. nought
5. naught