Devanagari numerals
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The Devanagari numerals are the symbols used to write numbers in the Devanagari script, the predominant for northern Indian languages. They are used to write decimal numbers, instead of the Western Arabic numerals.
Table
| Modern Devanagari |
Western Arabic |
Words for the cardinal number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanskrit (wordstem) |
Hindi | ||
| ० | 0 | śūnya (शून्य) | शून्य (śūnya) |
| १ | 1 | eka (एक) | एक (ek) |
| २ | 2 | dvi (द्वि) | दो (do) |
| ३ | 3 | tri (त्रि) | तीन (tīn) |
| ४ | 4 | catur (चतुर्) | चार (cār) |
| ५ | 5 | pañca (पञ्च) | पॉंच (pāṅc) |
| ६ | 6 | ṣaṭ (षट्) | छह (chah) |
| ७ | 7 | sapta (सप्त) | सात (sāt) |
| ८ | 8 | aṣṭa (अष्ट) | आठ (āṭh) |
| ९ | 9 | nava (नव) | नौ (nau) |
Sanskrit is an ancient Indian language. The word "Shunya" for zero was translated into Arabic as "صفر" "sifr", meaning 'nothing' which became the term "zero" in many European languages from Medieval Latin, zephirum.[1]
Variants
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Devanagari digits shapes may vary depending on geographical area.[2][3]
| १ |  Common |
 Nepali |
1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ५ |  "Bombay" Variant |
 "Calcutta" Variant |
5 |
| ८ |  "Bombay" Variant |
 "Calcutta" Variant |
8 |
| ९ |  Common |
 Nepali Variant |
9 |
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ "zero - Origin and meaning of zero by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com.
- ^ Devanagari for TEX version 2.17, page 21
- ^ "Alternate digits in Devanagari". Scriptsource.org. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- Sources