Devanagari numerals
The Devanagari numerals are the symbols used to write numbers in the Devanagari script, the predominant script in India. 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 | Marathi | Konkani | ||
| ० | 0 | śūnya (शून्य) | शून्य (śūnya) | शून्य (śūnya) | शून्य (śūnya) |
| १ | 1 | eka (एक) | एक (ek) | एक (ek) | एक (ek) |
| २ | 2 | dvi (द्वि) | दो (do) | दोन (don) | दोन (don) |
| ३ | 3 | tri (त्रि) | तीन (tīn) | तीन (tīn) | तीन (tīn) |
| ४ | 4 | catur (चतुर्) | चार (cār) | चार (cār) | चार (cār) |
| ५ | 5 | pañca (पञ्च) | पॉंच (pāṅc) | पाच (pāc) | पांच (pānc) |
| ६ | 6 | ṣaṭ (षट्) | छह (chah) | सहा (sahā) | स (sa) |
| ७ | 7 | sapta (सप्त) | सात (sāt) | सात (sāt) | सात (sāt) |
| ८ | 8 | aṣṭa (अष्ट) | आठ (āṭh) | आठ (āṭh) | आठ (āṭh) |
| ९ | 9 | nava (नव) | नौ (nau) | नऊ (na'ū) | णव (ṇav) |
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
Devanagari digits shapes may vary depending on geographical area.[2][3]
| १ |  common |
 Nepali |
1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ५ |  Marathi ("Bombay") variant |
 "Calcutta" variant |
5 |
| ८ |  Marathi ("Bombay") variant |
 "Calcutta" variant |
8 |
| ९ |  common |
 Nepali |
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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