sifuri

Swahili
Swahili numbers (edit)
0 1  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: sifuri, sufuri
    Ordinal: -a sifuri, -a sufuri
    Adverbial: mara sifuri

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر‎ (ṣifr), itself a calque of Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /siˈfuɾi/

Noun

sifuri (n class, plural sifuri)

  1. zero, nought

Numeral

sifuri (invariable)

  1. zero
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