Devanagari numerals
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.
| Numeral systems |
|---|
| Hindu–Arabic numeral system |
| East Asian |
| American |
| Alphabetic |
| Former |
| Positional systems by base |
| Non-standard positional numeral systems |
| List of numeral systems |
Table
| Modern Devanagari | Western Arabic |
Words for the cardinal number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanskrit (wordstem) |
Hindi | ||
| ० | 0 | śūnya (शून्य) | शून्य (śūny) |
| 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) | पांच (pāñc) |
| ६ | 6 | ṣaṭ (षट्) | छह (chah) |
| ७ | 7 | sapta (सप्त) | सात (sāt) |
| ८ | 8 | aṣṭa (अष्ट) | आठ (āṭh) |
| ९ | 9 | nava (नव) | नौ (nau) |
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
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
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